C# object initialization syntax in F#

Question

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I recently came across some C# syntax I hadn\'t previously encountered:

Is there any wa

Answer 1

Would it make sense to encapsulate the construction into a separate initializer function?

let layerInit layer radius color offset opacity =
    do
       layer.ShadowRadius <- radius
       layer.ShadowColor <- color
       layer.ShadowOffset <- offset
       layer.ShadowOpacity <- opacity
    layer // I do this in case you want to use this fluently or pass in new Layer()

Then use that in your code:

let nameLabel = new UILabel ( TextColor = UIColor.White )
layerInit nameLabel.Layer 3.0f UIColor.Black.CGColor new System.Drawing.SizeF(0.0f,1.0f) 0.5f |> ignore