Topic

Generic Math

The .NET capability that lets generic code perform arithmetic by constraining type parameters to interfaces declaring static operators and identities, resolved at compile time.

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Summing an array of T in C# takes two interface constraints and a self-referring type parameter

Generic Math shipped in .NET 7 on 8 November 2022 so an interface could declare a static operator. Teams get compile-time arithmetic without reflection or dynamic, and pay in the constraint lists their APIs publish.

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