Introducing F# Inline Type & Parameter Name Hints in Visual Studio

We are constantly working on improving the F# editor experience in the Visual Studio and now we are launching a highly requested feature, Hinting. Hints for F# mean that you will no longer have to hover to get information when coding, check it out:

Code

type Song = {
    Artist: string
    Title: string
}

let whoSings song = song.Artist

let artist = whoSings { Artist = "Arcade Fire"; Title = "Wake up" }

Overview

We currently support two kinds of hints: inline type hints and inline parameter name hints. Both are useful when the names of identifiers in code aren't intuitive. With hints, you won't need to hover over them and will see the necessary info right away.

Hints are available for the majority of the F# features, including tuples and type constructors: