[rbonvall]

It is possible in Scala: https://scastie.scala-lang.org/k7bHR6EWS7qXvaC8gIj3VA

(Unless you mean something different).

[tastyminerals2]

True. I forgot about implicits (because I try not to use them :).

Unfortunately it looks more like a kludge tbo. Sort and uniq get also hidden in a class which can be tucked away from your eyes and this is never good.