Create record instance with default values

Question

I have a record type:

type Person = 
   {
       Name : string
       Age : int
   }

And I need a function which returns new instances of this record with default (in C# point of view) fields.

I can do it like this:

let f = 
  {
     Name = ""
     Age = 0
  }

but I would like to avoid all fields enumeration and use something like this:

let f = new Person

Is there any way to do it ?

Answer 1

F# allows adding methods/properties to records and discriminated unions:

type Person =
{
    Name: string
    Age: int
}
with
    static member Default = { Name = ""; Age = 0 }

In FSI:

 > Person.Default;;
    val it : Person = {Name = "";
                       Age = 0;}