Playing with generic numbers and collections through examples

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The final asquares method is fully generic both with collections and number types, you'll get this result :

  asquares(Seq(1,2,3))               //> res1: Seq[Int] = List(1, 4, 9)
  asquares(List(1,2,3))              //> res2: List[Int] = List(1, 4, 9)
  asquares(Vector(BigDecimal(1),BigDecimal(2),BigDecimal(3)))
                                     //> res3: Vector[BigDecimal] = Vector(1, 4, 9)
  asquares(Array(1,2,3))             //> res4: Array[Int] = Array(1.0, 4.0, 9.0)
  asquares(Set(2,4))                 //> res5: Set[Int] = Set(4, 16)

The right types are always returned !