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Calling function in constructor
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Hi,

I'm new to F# and currently having problems with calling a member function in the constructor of the same class. I'm using explicit initialization:

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type SomeClass =


     val someInt : int

    

    member this.someFunc  x = x

    

   new (x) = {someInt = someFunc x}

For some reason the compiler says it doesn't know the function. But if this doesn't work and I have to call the function myself, where is the point of constructors in F#?

Thanks in advance

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Regarding syntax, you need a 'this' to call a member. Here are a couple ways:

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type SomeClass1 =
    val someInt : int
    member this.someFunc x = x
    new (x) as this = {someInt = this.someFunc x}

type SomeClass2(x) as this =
    let someInt = this.someFunc(x)
    member this.someFunc x = x

Of course, neither of these work at runtime, because you can't call members until the object has been constructed. Maybe you want a static member function?

By on 2/21/2010 12:32 PM ()

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