unit-type Questions

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As per the documentation of unit type (), It implements the Extend trait. fn extend<T>(&mut self, iter: T) where T: IntoIterator<Item = ()>, Extends a collection with the conte...
Petey asked 4/4 at 8:21

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Rust has the unit type, (), a type with a single zero-size value. The value of this unit type is also specified using (). What is the purpose of the unit type and its value? Is it a mechanism to av...
Gutturalize asked 19/7, 2014 at 16:4

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This question is not about C#/F# compatibility as in this one. I'd like to know the proper way to implement a type like F# Unit in place of using void. Obviously I'll discard this result and I'll...
Aldred asked 16/6, 2015 at 6:18

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I read this MSDN article: Unit Type (F#) ...The unit type is a type that indicates the absence of a specific value; the unit type has only a single value, which acts as a placeholder when no ...
Gallfly asked 20/12, 2013 at 13:37

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I know that the C++ standard library has a unit type - I've seen it before - but I can't remember what it's called. It starts with an "m", I know that much, and it is equivalent to this definition:...
Dagda asked 19/4, 2018 at 0:5

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Just as the title says: what guarantees are there for a Haskell function returning unit to be evaluated? One would think that there is no need to run any kind of evaluation in such a case, the comp...
Roulette asked 27/11, 2019 at 13:46

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I found four different ways to create a struct with no data: struct A{} // empty struct / empty braced struct struct B(); // empty tuple struct struct C(()); // unit-valued tuple struct struct...
Flathead asked 3/5, 2018 at 19:31

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This memoize function fails on any functions of type () -> 'a at runtime with a Null-Argument-Exception. let memoize f = let cache = System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary() fun x -> if ca...
Bossism asked 12/12, 2013 at 16:29

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I deliberately added x to the end of this function let myMax x y = if x > y then x else y x I was expecting that x and y arguments are still of ‘a type, but I get this signature instead: m...
Schrecklichkeit asked 7/5, 2016 at 21:36

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Imagine the following interface in C#: interface IFoo { void Bar(); } How can I implement this in F#? All the examples I've found during 30 minutes of searching online show only examples that h...
Borlase asked 18/6, 2010 at 6:25

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I found out they are mean an empty tuple. However, are they also used as a convention by Elm programmers to mean "value can be ignored"? is13 : Int -> Result String () is13 code = if code == ...
Urson asked 27/11, 2015 at 1:29

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If I define a function: fn f() -> Result<(), E> { // How to return Ok()? } How can I return the Ok in std::result with the unit type ()?
Epidote asked 14/1, 2015 at 14:58

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Consider this interface: type A<'a> = abstract X : 'a Let's try to implement it with int as a generic argument: { new A<int> with member this.X = 5 } // all is well Now, let's tr...
Miksen asked 10/10, 2014 at 9:41

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I'm reading Learn You a Haskell, and in the monad chapters, it seems to me that () is being treated as a sort of "null" for every type. When I check the type of () in GHCi, I get >> :t () ()...
Faith asked 3/6, 2013 at 8:20

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How can i return unit from an expression in f#? For example: let readInt = let str = Console.ReadLine() let (succ, num) = Int32.TryParse(str) match succ with | true -> Some(num) | _ -> ...
Massa asked 7/8, 2013 at 6:18

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I just started to learn F#. The book uses the following notation: let name() = 3 name() what that differs from this: let name = 3 name ?
Meg asked 26/7, 2013 at 0:22

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Suppose I've defined the following interface in F#: type IFoo<'T> = abstract member DoStuff : 'T -> unit If I implement this in C# I need the method signature to be: public void DoSt...
Ritenuto asked 18/12, 2012 at 8:25

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Consider this code: var unit: Unit = null unit: Unit = () a) Why am I allowed to assign null to a value class? (see §12.2.3) b) Why does the null get converted to ()?
Kore asked 24/4, 2011 at 16:53

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I have a problem when returning values in complex functions. Examples are always better: Consider the following function: let myf (mypar: int) = mypar + 1 Well no probel here, this function is...
Vesting asked 21/2, 2011 at 16:25

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Does anyone know why this fails to compile? type MyInterface<'input, 'output> = abstract member MyFun: 'input -> 'output type MyClass() = interface MyInterface<string, unit> wi...
Householder asked 19/12, 2010 at 22:22

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I'm trying to learn a little of the mindset of functional programming in F#, so any tips are appreciated. Right now I'm making a simple recursive function which takes a list and returns the i:th el...
Emmaemmalee asked 12/11, 2010 at 14:13

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I've recently started playing with Scala (2.8) and noticed the I can write the following code (in the Scala Interpreter): scala> var x : Unit = 10 x : Unit = () It's not obvious what's going ...
Roswell asked 18/8, 2010 at 14:51

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Quite new to functional languages, but I'm maintaining someone else's code with a lot of F#. Can anyone offer some insight into this? let mtvCap = Rendering.MTViewerCapture(mtViewer) mtvCap.GetC...
Orleans asked 17/8, 2010 at 16:43

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When thinking in a functional mindset, given that functions are supposed to be pure, one can conclude any function with no arguments is basically just a value. However, reallity gets in the way, an...
Vanscoy asked 9/5, 2010 at 12:55

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How can I write a no-op statement in F#? Specifically, how can I improve the second clause of the following match statement: match list with | [] -> printfn "Empty!" | _ -> ignore 0
Envisage asked 24/4, 2010 at 11:27

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