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Calling the constructor of a type-abbreviated class
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Hi,

Is it necessary to use the keyword new when calling the constructor on the type-abbreviation of a class? 

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type P3 = Point3D  

module Test = 
    let p = P3(1., 1., 1.) // Error 1 The value or constructor 'P3' is not defined.

There is no mention of this in the manual. Could this restriction be lifted?

thanks,

Danny

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I know this isn't quite what your asking, but I've seen a lot of code where they use a function to call the .NET constructor. I believe you could get a similar effect to what your trying to achieve:

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let p3 x y z = new Point3D(x,y,z)

Thanks,
Robert

By on 10/5/2008 6:42 AM ()

Just seen your other post, looks like your doing something like this anyway ;)

Cheers,
Rob

By on 10/5/2008 6:44 AM ()

Hi Rob,

I actually prefer this to the type-abbreviation method (purely on a syntactic level) since you can inline the function and then use both ints and floats.

thanks,

Danny

By on 10/5/2008 8:59 AM ()

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