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		zigzag312 on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A comparison of Rust’s borrow checker to the one i... > The only grudge I have against them is they promised us discriminated unions since forever and they are still discussing how to implement it. I think that is the greatest feature C# is missing. To ease the wait you could try Dunet (discriminated union source generator). https://github.com/domn1995/dunet

CharlieDigital on Oct 31, 2024 [–]

There's also OneOf (https://github.com/mcintyre321/OneOf) as well which feels more ergonomic to me (having used both).

Practical example in a short write up here: https://chrlschn.dev/blog/2024/07/csharp-discriminated-union...

zigzag312 on Oct 31, 2024 | [–]

Isn't OneOf more like a type union, and not a tagged/discriminated union?

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