type private GetNameDelegate = delegate of Utf8JsonReader -> string
let tokenType = (GetNameDelegate(fun r -> nameof r.TokenType)).Invoke(Utf8JsonReader()) // OK
let tokenType2 = GetNameDelegate(fun r -> nameof r.TokenType).Invoke(Utf8JsonReader()) // FS0001 This expression was expected to have type 'GetNameDelegate' but here has type 'string'
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https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/644 contains a section about High Precedence Application. It is weird for delegate constructors to be excluded from it.
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Related suggestions: #760 - Delegate constructors cannot be used as normal functions - i.e. cannot be piped into (Also opened by me lol)
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