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reletting functions
f#

i want to do this:

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let printfn = System.Console.Writeline

so that printfn is an alias of System.Console.Writeline

except the system is trying to execute the right hand side as a function rather than assigning it to printfn as a value

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let printfn<'a> (x : 'a) = System.Console.WriteLine x

You need to add an argument and also parameterize the fucntion to handle all the WriteLine overloads.

By on 8/16/2008 2:30 AM ()

ah, that's very ugly. i was afraid it would be something like that. i was hoping for something like

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let printfn = self( System.Console.WriteLine )

it's not your fault though, thanks :D

By on 8/16/2008 3:22 AM ()

I wonder why the C# generic syntax works properly

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let printfn<'a> (x : 'a) = System.Console.WriteLine x

while the classic type param syntax gives a syntax error

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let 'a printfn  (x : 'a) = System.Console.WriteLine x
By on 8/16/2008 3:55 AM ()

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