style: get rid of unnecessary type conversions

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Description

# is string already!  why the cast? 
            if type(type_) == str:
                type_to_parse = str(type_)

# is in list already! why the cast? 
                    if results.get('array_type', None) in self._SORTED_CONTAINERS_TYPES:
                        mapped_array_type = self._SORTED_CONTAINERS_TYPES.get(str(results.get("array_type")))

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Research direction

Search the codebase for patterns where str() is called on a variable that is already a string, especially in the provided examples (type() check and get() calls), and remove the unnecessary conversion. Also look for similar unnecessary casts elsewhere.

Tech stack

python

Domain

backend

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Refactor

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1

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Under 1 hour

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Clear

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GitPython

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90