add an entry to NEWS.md about the reduction functions that allow pre-…

…allocated output
tknopp · Mar 18, 2014 · b2e25f9 · b2e25f9
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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ Deprecated or removed
 
  * `read` methods that modify a passed array are now called `read!` ([#5970])
 
+ * Reduction functions that accept a pre-allocated output array, including
+ `sum!`, `prod!`, `maximum!`, `minimum!`, `all!`, `any!` ([#6197])
+
 [#4042]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4042
 [#5164]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/5164
 [#4026]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4026

diff --git a/doc/stdlib/base.rst b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: maximum!(r, A)
 
- Compute the maximum value of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, and write results to ``r``.
+ Compute the maximum value of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, 
+ and write results to ``r``.
 
 .. function:: minimum(itr)
 
@@ -574,7 +575,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: minimum!(r, A)
 
- Compute the minimum value of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, and write results to ``r``.
+ Compute the minimum value of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, 
+ and write results to ``r``.
 
 .. function:: extrema(itr)
 
@@ -607,7 +609,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: sum!(r, A)
 
- Sum elements of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, and write results to ``r``. 
+ Sum elements of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, 
+ and write results to ``r``. 
 
 .. function:: sum(f, itr)
 
@@ -623,7 +626,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: prod!(r, A)
 
- Multiply elements of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, and write results to ``r``.
+ Multiply elements of ``A`` over the singleton dimensions of ``r``, 
+ and write results to ``r``.
 
 .. function:: any(itr) -> Bool
 
@@ -635,7 +639,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: any!(r, A)
 
- Test whether any values in ``A`` along the singleton dimensions of ``r`` are true, and write results to ``r``. 
+ Test whether any values in ``A`` along the singleton dimensions of ``r`` are true, 
+ and write results to ``r``. 
 
 .. function:: all(itr) -> Bool
 
@@ -647,7 +652,8 @@ Iterable Collections
 
 .. function:: all!(r, A)
 
- Test whether all values in ``A`` along the singleton dimensions of ``r`` are true, and write results to ``r``.
+ Test whether all values in ``A`` along the singleton dimensions of ``r`` are true, 
+ and write results to ``r``.
 
 .. function:: count(p, itr) -> Integer