Name Tuples/Anonymous Types in F#?

Question

in C# you can do stuff like :

var a = new {name = \"cow\", sound = \"moooo\", omg = \"wtfbbq\"};

and in

Answer 1

The OP does not describe the best use of anonymous type. They are best used when using LINQ to map to an arbitrary class. For example:

var results = context.Students
              .Where(x => x.CourseID = 12)
              .Select(x => new { 
                 StudentID = x.ID, 
                 Name = x.Forename + " " + x.Surname
              });

I know this can be done by defining a new record type, but then you have two places to maintain code, (1) the record type definition (2) where you've used it.

It could instead be done with a tuple, but to access individual fields you have to use the deconstruction syntax (studentId, name) all the time. This becomes unwieldy if you have 5 items in the tuple. I would rather type in x and hit dot and have intellisense tell me what fields are available.