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Standardizing parser/constructor names

See original GitHub issue

The contributing guidelines on safe constructors state:

Prefer fromString to parse.

But in header definitions we consistently use parse. Should we follow the guidelines or should we change them?

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

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rossabakercommented, Oct 26, 2021

That’s an excellent point. I’m convinced.

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bplommercommented, Nov 1, 2021

I’ve also noticed an ambiguity with the unsafe prefix - does unsafeParse on an invalid input throw an exception or return an invalid value? HttpCodec uses parseOrThrow - I like the clarity but I also like having the prominent unsafe prefix. How about using unsafeParseOrThrow or unsafeParseUnvalidated to indicate the unhappy-path behaviour?

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