Add documentation for empty/marker interfaces in F# #49048
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Fixes #41953
This PR adds documentation explaining how to define and implement empty (marker) interfaces in F#, which was previously undocumented and difficult to discover.
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New Section Added
Added a new section titled "Implementing empty or marker interfaces" to the F# interfaces documentation (
docs/fsharp/language-reference/interfaces.md
). The section:interface end
syntax for defining empty interfacesCode Example
Created
samples/snippets/fsharp/lang-ref-1/snippet2806.fs
with a complete example showing:Placement
The new section is positioned logically after "Implementing Interfaces by Using Class Types" and before "Calling Interface Methods", as it relates directly to interface implementation techniques.
This documentation will help F# developers who need to use empty interfaces for marking or categorizing types without requiring specific behavior implementations.
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Fixes #27656
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