List.sum on custom class

Question

I have the following code that represents GF2 field:

trait GF2 {
  def unary_- = this
  def + (that: GF2): GF2
  def * (that: GF2): GF2

  def / (that: GF2)          


        

Answer 1

You need a Numeric[GF2] implicit:

trait GF2IsNumeric extends Numeric[GF2] {
  def plus(x: GF2, y: GF2): GF2 = x + y
  def minus(x: GF2, y: GF2): GF2 = x + (-y)
  def times(x: GF2, y: GF2): GF2 = x * y
  def negate(x: GF2): GF2 = -x
  def fromInt(x: Int): GF2 = ???
  def toInt(x: GF2): Int = ???
  def toLong(x: GF2): Long = ???
  def toFloat(x: GF2): Float = ???
  def toDouble(x: GF2): Double = ???
  override def zero = Zero
  override def one = One
}

trait GF2Ordering extends scala.math.Ordering[GF2] {
  override def compare(a: GF2, b: GF2) = if (a == b) 0 else if (b == One) 1 else -1
}

implicit object GF2IsNumeric extends GF2IsNumeric with GF2Ordering

Then you can do:

println(List(One, One, Zero, One).sum)
// One