Make a DataMember in a DataContract use implicit cast to string operator?

An easy way to achieve this (easier than dealing with serialization issues) would be something like this.

There is a reason for not doing this. Data Contracts are supposed to be simple cross-platform data transfer objects so I wouldn't put magic there. Create a non-serializable accessor property converting basic type to what you need.

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