Is there a GUID.TryParse() in .NET 3.5?

Question

UPDATE

Guid.TryParse is available in .NET 4.0

END UPDATE

Obviously there is no public GUID.TryParse() in .NET CLR

Answer 1

In terms of why there isn't one, it's an oversight. There will be a Guid.TryParse in .NET 4 (see BCL blog post for details).