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type Switcher = Switcher
let inline checker< ^s, ^r when (^s or ^r) : (static member pass : ^r -> unit)> (s : ^s) (r : ^r) = ()
let inline format () : ^r =
checker Switcher Unchecked.defaultof< ^r>
() :> obj :?> ^r
type Switcher with
static member inline pass(_ : string -> ^r) =
checker Switcher Unchecked.defaultof< ^r>
static member inline pass(_ : int -> ^r) =
checker Switcher Unchecked.defaultof< ^r>
static member inline pass(_ : unit) = ()
static member inline pass(_ : int) = ()
[<EntryPoint>]
let main argv =
let res : unit = format () "text" 5 "more text" ()
printfn "%A" res
Console.ReadKey()
0 // return an integer exit code
The idea was to make a function format that can return any function which's type passes a static check. The functions that are valid take parameters (arbitrarily many) of type string or int and produce either a unit or an int.
Including the checker function in another function would make sure that the type parameter is a valid function type, which would then be constructed unsafely via reflection or similar and then finally casted to the appropriate target type.
Unfortunately, this code causes the compiler to hang indefinitely (or as far as my patience extended).
This might not be a bug if it's a design decision to allow non-termination, but I'd find that strange considering my code consists only of valid language constructs.
I'm using Visual Studio 2015 Preview, my project targets .NET Framework 4.5.3 and the runtime is F# 4.0 (FSharp.Core, 4.4.0.0)