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Clean up Conversions TryParse code.

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by locating the Conversions code and read the feedback in pull request 2611 linked from the issue. Review the Convert/TryParse naming and each TryParse method's value handling; done means the naming is consistent and unnecessary writes are removed while using GetValueOrDefault.

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Description

area-Core enhancement Priority:3

Following the feedback here and here, we should do the following for the Conversions code:

  • Make Convert and TryParse consistently named. Either Convert and TryConvert. Or Parse and TryParse.
  • Clean up the TryParse methods so they call GetValueOrDefault and don't do unnecessary writes.
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