Are there any pitfall I should be aware of doing so ?
Would you know of existing code dealing with the same pb I might encounter ?
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Are there any pitfall I should be aware of doing so ?
Would you know of existing code dealing with the same pb I might encounter ?
Thks
Unfortunately, you cannot pass types as static parameters to a type provider. The static parameters passed using
MyProvider< "first argument", 42 >have to be primitive types (likestring,intand similar). I don’t see the list anywhere in the documentation, butTypeis definitely not supported.The problem with doing this is that you could pass it
typeof<MyType>whereMyTypeis declared in the same file as the file that’s using the type provider, and so the F# compiler would have to first compile the first part of a file, then invoke the provider and then continue. This sounds possible, but it is probably low-priority for the F# team.The best way to pass information about type to a type provider is to give it a type name and then lookup the type using reflection (this will only work if the type is from an already compiled assembly):