Synchronized System.Console.WriteLine using MailboxProcessor

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module Console

// simple way to synchronize writes to the console
// just post the message string to this agent

let Agent = 
    MailboxProcessor<string>.Start(fun inbox ->        
        async { while true do
                    let! msg = inbox.Receive()
                    System.Console.WriteLine(msg)})

module Console

val Agent : MailboxProcessor<string>

Full name: Console.Agent

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type MailboxProcessor<'Msg> =
  interface IDisposable
  new : body:(MailboxProcessor<'Msg> -> Async<unit>) * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> MailboxProcessor<'Msg>
  member Post : message:'Msg -> unit
  member PostAndAsyncReply : buildMessage:(AsyncReplyChannel<'Reply> -> 'Msg) * ?timeout:int -> Async<'Reply>
  member PostAndReply : buildMessage:(AsyncReplyChannel<'Reply> -> 'Msg) * ?timeout:int -> 'Reply
  member PostAndTryAsyncReply : buildMessage:(AsyncReplyChannel<'Reply> -> 'Msg) * ?timeout:int -> Async<'Reply option>
  member Receive : ?timeout:int -> Async<'Msg>
  member Scan : scanner:('Msg -> Async<'T> option) * ?timeout:int -> Async<'T>
  member Start : unit -> unit
  member TryPostAndReply : buildMessage:(AsyncReplyChannel<'Reply> -> 'Msg) * ?timeout:int -> 'Reply option
  ...

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Control.MailboxProcessor<_>

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new : body:(MailboxProcessor<'Msg> -> Async<unit>) * ?cancellationToken:System.Threading.CancellationToken -> MailboxProcessor<'Msg>

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val string : value:'T -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.string

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type string = System.String

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.string

val inbox : MailboxProcessor<string>

val async : AsyncBuilder

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.async

val msg : string

member MailboxProcessor.Receive : ?timeout:int -> Async<'Msg>

namespace System

type Console =
  static member BackgroundColor : ConsoleColor with get, set
  static member Beep : unit -> unit + 1 overload
  static member BufferHeight : int with get, set
  static member BufferWidth : int with get, set
  static member CapsLock : bool
  static member Clear : unit -> unit
  static member CursorLeft : int with get, set
  static member CursorSize : int with get, set
  static member CursorTop : int with get, set
  static member CursorVisible : bool with get, set
  ...

Full name: System.Console

System.Console.WriteLine() : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: string) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: obj) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: uint64) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: int64) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: uint32) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: int) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: float32) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: float) : unit
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System.Console.WriteLine(value: decimal) : unit
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