Comment Re:Nothing New, Doesn't Help Mono (Score 2, Interesting) 465
What I haven't seen mentioned is very important: even in BCL classes that are covered by ECMA-335, the members you find might not be what you expect. For example, there are no TryParse methods for any of the primitive types, which forces exception handling as flow control. "No one" uses the regular Parse methods in the face of unknown inputs. Honestly, there are a surprising number of items "missing" in the ECMA-335 standard. Originally I wanted to implement it precisely but I found it was hindering my ability to code with good practices. Where do you draw the line.
There are also some errors in the documentation in the standard. Not some large number of them, but certainly enough to make you wonder how flexible the promise is. Errors range from omissions to ambiguities to a couple instances of clearly incorrect/contradictory statements.
There are also some errors in the documentation in the standard. Not some large number of them, but certainly enough to make you wonder how flexible the promise is. Errors range from omissions to ambiguities to a couple instances of clearly incorrect/contradictory statements.