BUG: can't hook up toDump extension method with F# program
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per https://www.linqpad.net/CustomizingDump.aspx
I should be able to make it customize the dump of a `Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JProperty`
However, no matter what I try, (trying not to use MyExtensions since it is C# only) it won't hook up
http://share.linqpad.net/jhwfi2.linq
produces just the value, not the name and value, nor do any of the print statements get hit.
I should be able to make it customize the dump of a `Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JProperty`
However, no matter what I try, (trying not to use MyExtensions since it is C# only) it won't hook up
http://share.linqpad.net/jhwfi2.linq
produces just the value, not the name and value, nor do any of the print statements get hit.

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The global ToDump hook is only valid in My Extensions, not individual queries.
I've taken a look at whether it would easy to allow My Extensions to be written in F#, but unfortunately, there's a fair bit of work involved. So the only option right now is to write the ToDump in C#. -
I was under the impression that you could use C# extension methods to customize dump behavior in individual queries, is that not the case? One of my attempts above should be seen by C# as toDump extension methods on object.
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Any word on this possibility? Are all the ToDump hooks, available to F#, only available per type, with no ability to hook in or inject?
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type Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JProperty with member x.ToDump() = x.Name member x.toDump() = x.Name
is something like this possible? -
Can we please have a way to hook/override type-specific (for types we aren't creating) (or global) dumping in linqpad for F#?
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@JoeAlbahari is this still entirely unavailable in F# to localized types?
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ToDump is recognized in two places the moment:
- As a static method is My Extensions. Then it executes for all types.
- As an instance method on the type itself being dumped.
LINQPad does not look for ToDump methods defined via F# type extensions. It could end up being quite a lot of work to implement this in LINQPad reliably. FWIW, there's no C# solution for this either: right now, a static ToDump method is recognized only in My Extensions and not in individual queries.