DotNet - `ToString()` behavior

[rodrigopiccelli]

What language does this apply to? C#

Describe the problem you are trying to solve. When I call the ToString() function of a property of any type what is expected is a string and not a string within a string

Describe the solution you'd like ToString() method returning a ProtoJson string is not as well documented as it should be, this is not the expected behavior when it comes to a function as common as ToString(), without wanting to say how things should be done, but I think that the correct behavior would be to have a function called ToProtoJson() and/or a parameterized version of ToString(), for example ToString(bool asProtoJson = false)

Additional context this is how we used in our project and that generated problems for us:

[jskeet]

While I can understand it may not be expected, it would be a massively breaking change to "fix" this at this point. We might potentially add documentation (although I'm not sure entirely where, and it's not something I have time for now) but we're not going to change the behavior at this point.

(To my mind the problem here is that PublishTime is a string rather than a Timestamp...)

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