Function templates in F#

Question

Let\'s say I am solving a particular problem and come up with a function

let function parameter1 ... = 
     a lot of adding, multiplying & so on with a         


        

Answer 1

Here's an article on generic, numeric calculations in F#. In general, you have two options:

• Static member constraints
• Global numeric associations (available in F# PowerPack)

...or you can combine these techniques.

In your case, it sounds like static constraints will work.

A simple example from that article:

let inline halfSquare num =
   let res = LanguagePrimitives.DivideByInt num 2
   res * res