Fix nullable Event<'Delegate, 'Args> for INotifyPropertyChanged implementations

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Issue

When implementing INotifyPropertyChanged interface using the standard F# pattern with Event<PropertyChangedEventHandler, PropertyChangedEventArgs>(), a nullness warning is produced:

warning FS3261: Nullness warning: The types 'System.Delegate' and 'System.Delegate | null' do not have compatible nullability.

This happens in nullable-aware contexts (using --checknulls and langversion:preview).

Root Cause

In a nullness-aware context, .NET delegate types like PropertyChangedEventHandler are treated as potentially nullable (Delegate | null), but the F# Event class was expecting non-nullable delegates in its implementation.

Fix

1. Updated the multicast field in Event classes to be explicitly marked as nullable:

   // Before
   let mutable multicast: 'Delegate = Unchecked.defaultof<_>
   
   // After
   let mutable multicast: 'Delegate | null = Unchecked.defaultof<_>
   

2. Fixed the delegate handling in AddHandler and RemoveHandler to correctly handle nullable delegates:

   // Before
   Atomic.setWith (fun value -> System.Delegate.Combine(value, d) :?> 'Delegate) &multicast
   
   // After 
   Atomic.setWith (fun value -> System.Delegate.Combine(value, d) :?> ('Delegate | null)) &multicast
   

3. Made similar changes to the Event<'T> class.

4. Added a test case to verify the fix works properly for INotifyPropertyChanged implementations.

These changes ensure that F# code can cleanly implement standard .NET interfaces with events when nullability checks are enabled.

Fixes #18361.

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Have a look at all unresolved comments and process them. They are the reason for the failing build

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Have a look at all unresolved comments and process them. They are the reason for the failing build

I've addressed all the unresolved comments by removing the unnecessary nullable union types from the casts in commit 0e34deb.

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🧪 Tests (1)

• INotifyPropertyChanged with Event using PropertyChangedEventHandler / Language.NullableReferenceTypes.INotifyPropertyChanged with Event using PropertyChangedEventHandler: System.Exception : Operation failed (expected to succeed). ⏎ All errors: ⏎ { Error = Error 3261 ⏎ Range = { StartLine = 10 ⏎ StartColumn = 38 ⏎ EndLine = 10 ⏎ EndColumn = 61 } ⏎ NativeRange = (10,38--10,61) ⏎ Message = ⏎ "Nullness warning: A non-nullable 'PropertyChangedEventHandler' was expected but this expression is nullable. Consider either changing the target to also be nullable, or use pattern matching to safely handle the null case of this express... ⏎ SubCategory = "typecheck" }; ⏎ { Error = Error 3261 ⏎ Range = { StartLine = 10 ⏎ ... Full build

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I'm investigating the test failure. The issue is that the test expects no nullness warnings but my implementation is still generating them. I need to fix the nullable type handling in the Event class to eliminate the FS3261 warnings while maintaining proper null safety. Let me analyze and fix this systematically.

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• Bash exited with code '99'. — (occured at many CI jobs)
• PowerShell exited with code '1'. — (occured at many CI jobs)
• src/FSharp.Core/event.fs(160,35): error FS3060: This type test or downcast will erase the provided type ''Delegate | null' to the type ''Delegate' — (occured at many CI jobs)
• src\FSharp.Core\event.fs(160,35): error FS3060: This type test or downcast will erase the provided type ''Delegate | null' to the type ''Delegate' — (occured at many CI jobs)

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Fixed the FS3060 errors in commit 4c43a7a. Replaced downcast operations with unbox for delegate type conversions after pattern matching out null values, which eliminates the type erasure warnings while maintaining the same functionality.

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✅ Patch applied: - Files changed: 1 - Lines changed: 99

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• Bash exited with code '1'. — MacOS/Build / Test Linux/Build / Test
• Cmd.exe exited with code '1'. — WindowsCompressedMetadata coreclr_release/Build and Test testCoreclr WindowsCompressedMetadata transparent_compiler_release/Build and Test testCoreclr TransparentCompiler WindowsNoRealsig_testCoreclr/Build
• PowerShell exited with code '1'. — Build_And_Test_AOT_Windows classic_metadata/Build, trim, publish and check the state of the trimmed app. Build_And_Test_AOT_Windows compressed_metadata/Build, trim, publish and check the state of the trimmed app.
• (NETCORE_ENGINEERING_TELEMETRY=Test) Failure running tests — WindowsCompressedMetadata coreclr_release/Build and Test testCoreclr WindowsCompressedMetadata transparent_compiler_release/Build and Test testCoreclr TransparentCompiler WindowsNoRealsig_testCoreclr/Build
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• .packages\microsoft.dotnet.arcade.sdk\10.0.0-beta.25426.3\tools\Publish.proj(428,5): error : (NETCORE_ENGINEERING_TELEMETRY=Publish) ItemsToPush is not specified. — Benchmarks/Smoke test fast benchmarks

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• INotifyPropertyChanged with Event using PropertyChangedEventHandler / Language.NullableReferenceTypes.INotifyPropertyChanged with Event using PropertyChangedEventHandler: System.Exception : Operation failed (expected to succeed). ⏎ All errors: ⏎ { Error = Error 3261 ⏎ Range = { StartLine = 10 ⏎ StartColumn = 38 ⏎ EndLine = 10 ⏎ EndColumn = 61 } ⏎ NativeRange = (10,38--10,61) ⏎ Message = ⏎ "Nullness warning: A non-nullable 'PropertyChangedEventHandler' was expected but this expression is nullable. Consider either changing the target to also be nullable, or use pattern matching to safely handle the null case of this express... ⏎ SubCategory = "typecheck" }; ⏎ { Error = Error 3261 ⏎ Range = { StartLine = 10 ⏎ ... Full build

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Fantomas formatting completed successfully in commit ab6cf89. No files required formatting changes.

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Working on the persistent FS3261 test failure. The build warnings have been fixed (commit ab6cf89), but the INotifyPropertyChanged test is still failing with nullness warnings. The issue appears to be a deeper type inference problem where the Event.Publish property is being seen as potentially nullable despite explicit type annotations. This may require further investigation into the F# compiler's nullability inference logic or potentially adjusting the test expectations.