Cleanest design for having same behaviour of function(s) working on (slightly) different types?

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I have a function that has signature

(string * TaggedExpense list) list    -> CategorisedExpenseSummary list

with the type definition type CategorisedExpenseSummary = string*ExpensesSummary.

Now I need the exact same transformation done, but with the types

(datetime * TaggedExpense list) list    -> CategorisedExpenseSummary list

and type DateExpenseSummary = datetime*ExpensesSummary.

What’s the cleanest design in this case?

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Depending on your use-case, you can choose between SRTPs and generics.

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It almost feels like you want a parameterised ExpenseSummary<'T>, where the first element of the tuple could then be string/datetime/etc. Then your overall transformation would be ('T * TaggedExpense list) list -> 'T ExpenseSummary and you’re good to go. Maybe make a type alias for that to make it easier to read.

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