Best practice of using the “out” keyword in C#

Question

I\'m trying to formalise the usage of the \"out\" keyword in c# for a project I\'m on, particularly with respect to any public methods. I can\'t seem to find any best practi

Answer 1

Your approach is better than out, because you can "chain" calls that way:

DoSomethingElse(DoThing(a,b).Result);

as opposed to

DoThing(a, out b);
DoSomethingElse(b);

The TryParse methods implemented with "out" was a mistake, IMO. Those would have been very convenient in chains.