> I want to create a Matrix class of a type using Generics.
> class Matrix<T> { ... }
>
> I want to provide an Add method that will add the the 2 Matrices
> under the type of int.  My add method would look like:
>
>  public static Matrix<T> operator +(Matrix<T> a, Matrix<T> b) {
>     // check for same size
>     Matrix<T> c = new Matrix<T>(a.Row, a.Col);
>     for(int i=0;i<a.Row;i++)
>       for(int j=0;j<a.Col;j++)
>          c[i,j] = a[i,j]+b[i,j];
>     return c;
>  }
>
>  For a matrix of Matrix(int) I want to add the elements of type int.
> There is a problem with operators and Types. 
> Is there a way around this?

"Frans Bouma [C# MVP]" wrote:

> Marc wrote:
>
> > I want to create a Matrix class of a type using Generics.
> > class Matrix<T> { ... }
> >
> > I want to provide an Add method that will add the the 2 Matrices
> > under the type of int.  My add method would look like:
> >
> >  public static Matrix<T> operator +(Matrix<T> a, Matrix<T> b) {
> >     // check for same size
> >     Matrix<T> c = new Matrix<T>(a.Row, a.Col);
> >     for(int i=0;i<a.Row;i++)
> >       for(int j=0;j<a.Col;j++)
> >          c[i,j] = a[i,j]+b[i,j];
> >     return c;
> >  }
> >
> >  For a matrix of Matrix(int) I want to add the elements of type int.
> > There is a problem with operators and Types. 
> > Is there a way around this?
>
>     Not at the moment in the sense that it's currently not possible to
> write the code you want to write as above.
>
>     The 'common' way of solving it is by a delegate passed into the method
> which performs all the work (in this case adding two elements). This is
> slower than the situation where you just add two ints for example.
>
>     I also don't understand why on earth MS didn't include operator
> restrictions for 'where' as the absense currently severily limits
> generic support (and brings it down to 'a way of doing strongly typed
> collections'..)
>
>         FB
>
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