Recursive type usage problem

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type rec student = {taughtBy: teacher}
and teacher = {students: array<student>}

let rec vicky = { taughtBy: teacher } 
and teacher = {students: [vicky]}

I’m getting error: This kind of expression is not allowed as right-hand side of `let rec’

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rec can be used with other expressions besides functions. The problem here is that it apparently cannot be used with arrays. I’m not sure why.

Using a list instead works:

type rec student = {taughtBy: teacher}
and teacher = {students: list<student>}

let rec vicky = {taughtBy: teacher}
and teacher = {students: list{vicky}}
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Interesting, it worked only with function expressions when I tried in the past. Probably because of something similar to arrays here.

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This might be a v10 regression.

cc/ @cristianoc

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