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Trying to encode type-level peano numbers using a type provider:
namespace TypeProviderPlayground
open System
open Microsoft.FSharp.Core.CompilerServices
open System.Runtime.CompilerServices
[<assembly: TypeProviderAssembly()>]
do()
type Z = class end
type 'a S = class end
type N = class end
[<TypeProvider>]
type PeanoProvider(s: TypeProviderConfig) =
let invalidate = Event<_,_>()
interface ITypeProvider with
member x.ApplyStaticArguments(typeWithoutArguments, typeNameWithArguments, staticArguments) =
let n : int = unbox staticArguments.[0]
[1..n] |> List.fold (fun s _ -> typedefof<S<_>>.MakeGenericType [| s |]) typeof<Z>
member x.GetNamespaces() =
let ns =
{ new IProvidedNamespace with
member x.GetNestedNamespaces() = [||]
member x.GetTypes() = [||]
member x.ResolveTypeName t =
if t = "N"
then typeof<N>
else null
member x.NamespaceName = "Peano" }
[| ns |]
member x.GetStaticParameters t =
let p =
{ new Reflection.ParameterInfo() with
member z.Name = "number"
member z.ParameterType = typeof<int> }
[| p |]
[<CLIEvent>]
member x.Invalidate = invalidate.Publish
member x.Dispose() = ()
member x.GetInvokerExpression(syntheticMethodBase, parameters) =
raise <| NotImplementedException()
The N type is just a dummy, otherwise I couldn't get it to go through the type provider.
Consumer code:
open TypeProviderPlayground
[<Generate>]
type S<'a> = Peano.N<5>
And I get this error:
error FS3152: The provider 'TypeProvide