F# Serialization of Record types

Question

I know how to serialize in F# using mutable objects, but is there a way to serialize/deserialize using record types using either XmlSerializer or the DataContractSerializer? loo

Answer 1

Beginning with F# 3.0, serialization of record types is now supported by applying the CliMutableAttribute to the type. Example:

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type MyRecord = { Name : string; Age : int }

This example is taken from http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fsharpteam/archive/2012/07/19/more-about-fsharp-3.0-language-features.aspx, which includes a discussion of this feature and three other new features in F# 3.0: triple-quoted strings, automatic properties, and unused variable warnings.