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Allow opening of static classes (matching the C# design)
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planned · Adminfsharporg-lang (F# Software Foundation Language Group, F# Software Foundation) responded

Thanks for the suggestion. Approved in principle.

We will open an RFC for this in due course https://github.com/fsharp/FSharpLangDesign/tree/master/RFCs

Daniel Robinson supported this idea · August 04, 2016
Support isNull when querying the built-in SQL type providers
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Daniel Robinson commented · August 04, 2016

Even better IMO, optimize comparison operators' handling of null so isNull isn't needed (anywhere).
Update records to allow embeddable records
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Daniel Robinson supported this idea · May 02, 2016
Allow [<DefaultValue>] on member val auto-properties
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Daniel Robinson commented · May 02, 2016

Reed, an equivalent translation of your C# to F# would be:

member val Records = Unchecked.defaultof<_> with get, set
Allow all declarations to be mutually referential and the compiler takes files in any order
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Daniel Robinson supported this idea · October 19, 2015

Daniel Robinson commented · October 19, 2015

Kevin, would the files in Solution Explorer re-order automatically based on #load's?

Daniel Robinson commented · October 19, 2015

If we go the #include/#load route, I hope VS will still require dependency order. My 2 cents.

Daniel Robinson commented · October 19, 2015

I'm confused. Isn't being able to view file dependencies at a glance, based on file order, a good thing for the same reason types are required to be defined in order?
Wildcard self identifiers
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planned · Adminfsharporg-lang (F# Software Foundation Language Group, F# Software Foundation) responded

I’m marking this as approved in principle for F# 4.×. you are invited to submit a quality and tested implementation would be needed, to be submitted to http://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp.

See http://fsharp.github.io/2014/06/18/fsharp-contributions.html for details about contributing to the F# language and core library

FWIW I’ve actually taken a look at this once or twice and it was surprisingly invasive to implement. But by all means give it a go and ask if you need help.

Don Syme
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Daniel Robinson commented · December 08, 2014

Richard, here's one use: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5356224/162396

Daniel Robinson commented · October 15, 2014

Thanks for the invitation. I hope to be able to contribute to the F# tools eventually, but my schedule won't allow it at present. Hopefully someone else will be willing to take this on.

Daniel Robinson commented · September 29, 2014

Forgot the link to the old VS UserVoice item: https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/3745318-allow-wildcard-self-identifiers

Daniel Robinson shared this idea · September 29, 2014
Allow negative indices in indexing and slicing like python
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Daniel Robinson supported this idea · November 06, 2014
Enable a compiler-warning when a recursive algorithm is not tail-recursive
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planned · Adminfsharporg-lang (F# Software Foundation Language Group, F# Software Foundation) responded

I am generally in favour of addressing this in F# 4.x+. I would want seq { .. } and async { … } tailcalls to also be addressed.

A more detailed design is needed and some trialling would be great. Jack’s work is a great start. However, this is not an easy piece of work to do in a non-invasive way and my own experiments in this area have not yet led to something I feel confident to include in the F# language design.

An implementation and testing would need to be provided by someone in the F# community (possibly including Microsoft or Microsoft Research, though not limited to them).

Currently, initial implementations of approved language design can be submitted as pull requests to the appropriate branch of https://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp. See http://fsharp.github.io/2014/06/18/fsharp-contributions.html for info on how to contribute to the F# language/core library design

I encourage you to consider continue working towards a detailed proposal and a proposed implementation. I will gladly help.

Don Syme, F# Language and Core Library Evolution

I am generally in favour of addressing this in F# 4.x+. I would want seq { .. } and async { … } tailcalls to also be addressed.

A more detailed design is needed and some trialling would be great. Jack’s work is a great start. However, this is not an easy piece of work to do in a non-invasive way and my own experiments in this area have not yet led to something I feel confident to include in the F# language design.

An implementation and testing would need to be provided by someone in the F# community (possibly including Microsoft or Microsoft Research, though not limited to them).

Currently, initial implementations of approved language design can be submitted as pull requests to the appropriate branch of https://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp. See http://fsharp.github.io/2014/06/18/fsharp-contributions.html for info on how to contribute to the F# language/core library design

I encourage you to consider continue…

Daniel Robinson supported this idea · March 21, 2014
Syntax for turning properties into functions
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Daniel Robinson supported this idea · March 21, 2014