Allow record fields to implement signature members
Currently a record type
type R = { X: int }
Can't implement a signature
type R =
member X: int
This is perfectly legitimate and useful.
Pros and Cons
The advantages of making this adjustment to F# are signatures are more natural
The disadvantages of making this adjustment to F# are cost
Extra information
Estimated cost (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL): S
Related suggestions: https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/1122
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Please tick all that apply:
- [x] This is not a breaking change to the F# language design
- [x] I or my company would be willing to help implement and/or test this
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There are related questions about whether the record and union patterns (#164, #1152) can be used to implement portions of the corresponding signature patterns.