>>Do you really think that the type of pattern used by, for example, Int.TryParse() does not have uses ?
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>No, it has its place, I guess, but it could just as easily have returned an object with 2 properties. Not looking to restart a lengthy discussion on style. It is just my personal opinion and practice.
I agree with you up to here, but why does TryParse need to return success of failure? I rather have it returning null if it fails and then no need of an output parameter (or an object with 2 properties), I just need to remember that my variable should be nullable.
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