In a "library" file (dll) I define a module and within that module I have a top level binding of the form:

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let foo = int

IOW, I'm extablishing an alias for the *function* int (not the type, int) so that I can use "foo" rather than "int" to do type conversion.

In the "main" file (exe) I have a reference to this DLL and an "open" of the module name. Within this exe I have references to the value, foo, and the compiler accepts this without complaint -- so clearly it is "lexically" visible from the point of reference.

Unfortunately it has null value when the exe is run. So, apparently the binding of foo to int is in fact not occurring when the library is loaded. What I expected was that it would be treated like a static member variable in the static class created for the module. Note that this module contains a *lot* of function bindings; e.g.,

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let bar x y = x + y

and of course I can call the function bar without problems from the exe. This seems to be inconsistent treatment of bindings, depending on the form used. What gives?

Thanks,

Bill