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judek
judek

Reputation: 325

F# use type as a property name

I need to have class like the following

type BubbleChartSeriesDefaults()=
    let mutable _type:string  = "" 
    member t.type  with get() = _type and set v = _type <- v

F# does not like me using the keyword type as a property name. I am sending some f# types down the http pipe to be consumed by a javascript client. The consumer is looking for a property name called type. Using a keyword for a property name is not great but, is there any way of sneaking round this. Anyone know how to get a property called type onto a f# class ? (Kind of like using @case for variable in c# ...)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 682

Answers (1)

Jack P.
Jack P.

Reputation: 11525

In F#, you can use anything you want as an identifer (property name, type name, etc.) if you enclose it in double backticks. In your case:

type BubbleChartSeriesDefaults()=
    let mutable _type:string  = "" 
    member t.``type``  with get() = _type and set v = _type <- v

Upvotes: 6

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