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Allow serializers for a generic type #4

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Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
opened on Mar 21, 2016

I need serialization of generic types.

Let I have a generic type:

type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:

let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:

lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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    Allow serializers for a generic type #4
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    @msdvoits
    Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
    opened on Mar 21, 2016
    I need serialization of generic types.
    Let I have a generic type:
    type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

    I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
    let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

    Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
    lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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      Allow serializers for a generic type #4
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      Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
      opened on Mar 21, 2016
      I need serialization of generic types.
      Let I have a generic type:
      type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

      I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
      let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

      Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
      lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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        Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
        opened on Mar 21, 2016
        I need serialization of generic types.
        Let I have a generic type:
        type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

        I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
        let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

        Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
        lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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          Allow serializers for a generic type #4
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          @msdvoits
          Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
          opened on Mar 21, 2016
          I need serialization of generic types.
          Let I have a generic type:
          type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

          I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
          let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

          Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
          lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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            Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
            opened on Mar 21, 2016
            I need serialization of generic types.
            Let I have a generic type:
            type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

            I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
            let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

            Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
            lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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              Allow serializers for a generic type #4
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              @msdvoits
              Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
              opened on Mar 21, 2016
              I need serialization of generic types.
              Let I have a generic type:
              type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

              I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
              let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

              Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
              lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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                Dmitry Voytsekhovskiy (msdvoits)
                opened on Mar 21, 2016
                I need serialization of generic types.
                Let I have a generic type:
                type T<'a>(a: 'a) =
member x.A = a

                I want to serialize instances of this type T(10), T("abc") and would create a serializer type as follows:
                let TSerializer<'a>() =
interface ISerializer<'a> with
member x.TypeId = "T"
member x.Serialize _ t -> ...
member x.Deserializer _ is -> ...

                Now only non-generic serializers can be registered in a serializer library. But still it seems possible to do the following, if a serializer type has same order and number of type parameters as its target type:
                lib.Register(typedefof<TSerializer<_>>)

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