[Issue 12173] New: Optional start value for std.algorithm.sum

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           Summary: Optional start value for std.algorithm.sum
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: bearophile_hugs at eml.cc


--- Comment #0 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc 2014-02-15 02:29:57 PST ---
The built-in Python sum() function supports a second optional argument that is
the start, it's useful when you want to sum an iterable of values starting from
a seed of another type (of different from zero):

>>> sum([1, 2, 3])
6
>>> sum([1, 2, 3], 2)
8
>>> sum([1, 2, 3], 0.0)
6.0
>>> sum([[1, 2], [3]], [])
[1, 2, 3]


This shows one use case for the same functionality in D:


import std.algorithm: sum, reduce;
import std.functional: curry;
struct Foo {
    ubyte x;
    alias x this;
}
alias mySum = curry!(reduce!q{a + b}, 0);
void main() {
    Foo[] arr;
    arr.mySum;    // OK
    arr.sum;      // Error
    //arr.sum(0); // Not supported
}


dmd 2.065beta3 gives:

..\dmd2\src\phobos\std\algorithm.d(1087,19): Error: cannot implicitly convert
expression (0) of type int to Foo

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