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How to check whether an F# function/method has been initialized

Sometimes, we may run into this kind of situation that we want to check if the given method/function has been initialized. We all know this is fairly easy in C#, since we can use delegate to invoke the function , then verify if the value of delegate is null. But in F# , delegate is rarely needed because F# can treat a function as a value, without the need for any wrapper. So , here is an easy way to solve this problem.

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type public Class1() =
    [<DefaultValue>]
    val mutable public onCancel : System.Object -> unit
 
    member public this.Verify() = 
        if box(this.onCancel) = null then
            ()//do something

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type Class1 =
  new : unit -> Class1
  val mutable onCancel: Object -> unit
  member Verify : unit -> unit

Full name: Script.Class1

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new : unit -> Class1

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type DefaultValueAttribute =
  inherit Attribute
  new : unit -> DefaultValueAttribute
  new : check:bool -> DefaultValueAttribute
  member Check : bool

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.DefaultValueAttribute

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new : unit -> DefaultValueAttribute
new : check:bool -> DefaultValueAttribute

Class1.onCancel: System.Object -> unit

namespace System

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type Object =
  new : unit -> obj
  member Equals : obj:obj -> bool
  member GetHashCode : unit -> int
  member GetType : unit -> Type
  member ToString : unit -> string
  static member Equals : objA:obj * objB:obj -> bool
  static member ReferenceEquals : objA:obj * objB:obj -> bool

Full name: System.Object

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System.Object() : unit

type unit = Unit

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.unit

val this : Class1

member Class1.Verify : unit -> unit

Full name: Script.Class1.Verify

val box : value:'T -> obj

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

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/bW
Posted:	12 years ago
Author:	ZackZhou
Tags:	f# , null