fsprojects / fsprojects/FSharpLint
feat: Rule to recommend `string ex` over `ex.ToString()`
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- F#
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Description
Not sure if this equivalence works for all .ToString() cases tho.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing F# lint rules and the proposed equivalence between string ex and ex.ToString(). Determine which .ToString() cases are safe to recommend changing, then add coverage showing the rule only flags valid cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- fsharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100