Does F# have generic arithmetic support?

Question

Does F# have the same problem as C# where you can\'t directly use arithmetic operators with generic T types?

Can you write a generic Sum function that would return t

Answer 1

You could do something like this.

let inline sum<'a when 'a : (static member (+) : 'a -> 'a -> 'a)> a b =
    a + b

let result = sum 3 4

However if I try let result = sum 3 4 I get the error "type ambiguity inherent in the use of the operator '( + )'"