From c777c6a85aaa27bd11b7128415ff08e018bc166d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xs4all.nl>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:29:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move `String.length` to the top of its module so that the
 `length` function is in scope

---
 src/fsharp/FSharp.Core/string.fs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Core/string.fs b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Core/string.fs
index df51fccd03..7e4b65f1a0 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/FSharp.Core/string.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/FSharp.Core/string.fs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.FSharp.Core
     [<CompilationRepresentation(CompilationRepresentationFlags.ModuleSuffix)>]
     [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
     module String =
+        [<CompiledName("Length")>]
+        let length (str:string) = if isNull str then 0 else str.Length
+
         [<CompiledName("Concat")>]
         let concat sep (strings : seq<string>) =  
             String.Join(sep, strings)
@@ -101,6 +104,3 @@ namespace Microsoft.FSharp.Core
             else
                 let rec check i = (i < str.Length) && (predicate str.[i] || check (i+1)) 
                 check 0  
-
-        [<CompiledName("Length")>]
-        let length (str:string) = if isNull str then 0 else str.Length