#!/usr/bin/env sh
# compat: +ash +bash +dash +hush -ksh +mksh +oksh +osh +posh +yash +zsh

sum() { ### @-
    ### compute the summation of its arguments without forking processes.
    ### this relies on the shell's built-in arithmetic operators.
    ###
    ### ```
    ### $ sum 1 2 3
    ### 6
    ### ```
    ###
    ### **TODO:** consider renaming because sum(1) already exists.
    local sum=0 i=
    for i; do
        i="${i%,}"
        : $((sum+=i))
    done
    echo "$sum"
}

[ -n "${preload+-}" ] || sum "$@"