Concisely creating an IDictionary<_,obj>

Question

Is there a shorter way of creating an IDictionary<_,obj>, possibly without boxing every value? This is what I have.

let values =
  [ \"a\"         


        

Answer 1

Here's a solution, following kvb's suggestion (probably the most concise, and clearest, so far):

let inline (=>) a b = a, box b

let values =
  [ "a" => 1
    "b" => "foo"
    "c" => true ]
  |> dict