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Jun 17th, 2012 | syntax:
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Raise Unit of Measure type to specificed power
let rec myPow(x:float<cm>,y:int) =
if y = 0 then x
else myPow(x*x, y - 1)
pow a 3 // Assuming a = 1.0<cm>, the return type is float<cm ^ 3>
pow a n // Assuming a = 1.0<cm>, the return type is float<cm ^ n>
[<Measure>] type cm
// Represents a number with units of measure powered to the
// number's value (e.g "(S (S O))" has type Num<cm, cm^3>)
type Num<[<Measure>] 'M, [<Measure>] 'N> =
| O_ of int * float<'N>
| S_ of int * Num<'M, 'N / 'M>
// Constructors that hide that simplify the creation
let O : Num<'M, 'M> = O_ (1, 0.0<_>)
let S n = match n with O_(i, _) | S_(i, _) -> S_(i + 1, n)
// Type-safe power function with units of measure
let pow (x:float<'M>) ((O_(i, _) | S_(i, _)):Num<'M, 'M 'N>) : float<'M 'N> =
// Unsafe hacky implementation, which is hidden
// from the user (for simplicity)
unbox ((float x) ** float i)
let res = pow 2.0<cm> (S (S O))
let inline pow2 (x: float<'a>) : float<'a^2> = pown (float x) 2 * 1.<_>
let inline pow3 (x: float<'a>) : float<'a^3> = pown (float x) 3 * 1.<_>
let inline pow4 (x: float<'a>) : float<'a^4> = pown (float x) 4 * 1.<_>
let inline pow5 (x: float<'a>) : float<'a^5> = pown (float x) 5 * 1.<_>