Make “Microsoft” prefix optional when using core FSharp.Core namespaces, types and modules

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Make “Microsoft” prefix optional when using core FSharp.Core namespaces, types and modules [6107641]

Submitted by Don Syme on 6/27/2014 12:00:00 AM
7 votes on UserVoice prior to migration

The modules and types from the FSharp.Core dll use the names "Microsoft.FSharp.Collections" etc.
Since the F# language is now cross-platform and open-source, it is appropriate that source code be able to optionally use just "FSharp.Collections". This would also mean the names match the name of the DLL (FSharp.Core).
This would not be a breaking change, existing code would continue to compile.
The compiled form used in FSharp.Core.dll wouldn't change, for reasons of binary compatibility.

Response

** by fslang-admin on 1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM **

This has been completed for F# 4.0+, see https://github.com/fsharp/FSharpLangDesign/blob/master/FSharp-4.0/MicrosoftOptionalDesignAndSpec.md
The overall status for F# 4.0+ is here: https://github.com/Microsoft/visualfsharp/wiki/F%23-4.0-Status
Don Syme, current BDFL for F# Language Evolution

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