Retry loop, no tricks

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let retry maxRetries before f =
    let rec loop retriesRemaining =
        try
            f ()
        with _ when retriesRemaining > 0 ->
            before ()
            loop (retriesRemaining-1)
    loop maxRetries

// Example

let act () : unit = printfn "trying"; invalidOp "Problem"
act |> retry 2 (fun () ->  printfn "retrying";  System.Threading.Thread.Sleep 50) 

(*Yields:

trying
retrying
trying
retrying
trying
System.InvalidOperationException: Problem *)

val retry : maxRetries:int -> before:(unit -> unit) -> f:(unit -> 'a) -> 'a

Full name: Script.retry

val maxRetries : int

val before : (unit -> unit)

val f : (unit -> 'a)

val loop : (int -> 'a)

val retriesRemaining : int

val act : unit -> unit

Full name: Script.act

type unit = Unit

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.unit

val printfn : format:Printf.TextWriterFormat<'T> -> 'T

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

val invalidOp : message:string -> 'T

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

namespace System

namespace System.Threading

Multiple items
type Thread =
  inherit CriticalFinalizerObject
  new : start:ThreadStart -> Thread + 3 overloads
  member Abort : unit -> unit + 1 overload
  member ApartmentState : ApartmentState with get, set
  member CurrentCulture : CultureInfo with get, set
  member CurrentUICulture : CultureInfo with get, set
  member DisableComObjectEagerCleanup : unit -> unit
  member ExecutionContext : ExecutionContext
  member GetApartmentState : unit -> ApartmentState
  member GetCompressedStack : unit -> CompressedStack
  member GetHashCode : unit -> int
  ...

Full name: System.Threading.Thread

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System.Threading.Thread(start: System.Threading.ThreadStart) : unit
System.Threading.Thread(start: System.Threading.ParameterizedThreadStart) : unit
System.Threading.Thread(start: System.Threading.ThreadStart, maxStackSize: int) : unit
System.Threading.Thread(start: System.Threading.ParameterizedThreadStart, maxStackSize: int) : unit

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(timeout: System.TimeSpan) : unit
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(millisecondsTimeout: int) : unit