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Cleanup flags and use bitfields wherever possible in ContainerControl class

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#6,199 opened on Nov 17, 2021

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Description

This is a tracking bug for the comment on https://github.com/dotnet/winforms/pull/6198#pullrequestreview-809063648.

Goal is to move some of the Boolean flags in the ContainerControl Class to a bitfields to improve performance.

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Research direction
Examine the ContainerControl class for boolean flags and determine which can be replaced with bitfields using the FlagsAttribute pattern.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Refactor
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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C#bitfields
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60