> Except that Option<T> is a class not a struct There is ValueOption<T> now. It's a mouthful and you'll still have to deal with all the standard library, or o

> Except that Option<T> is a class not a struct There is ValueOption<T> now. It's a mouthful and you'll still have to deal with all the standard library, or other third-party libraries, which produces and consumes Option<T>, but you can address that with some aliases and conversion operators if you want to go all-in: type 't voption = ValueOption<'t> type VOption<'t> = ValueOption<'t> let inline (!) opt = if System.Object.ReferenceEquals(opt, null) then ValueNone else match opt with None -> ValueNone | Some x -> ValueSome x let inline (?) vopt = match vopt with ValueNone -> None | ValueSome x -> Some x;; // usage let x = !(List.tryFind (fun x -> x = 0) [1]);; // [<Struct>] val x : int voption = ValueNone