Refactoring code in src/meta/configs.js

tanoctavius commented 2 months ago

Addresses issue, resolves #465 Instruction: Refactor this function to reduce its Cognitive Complexity from 19 to the 15 allowed. (lines 19-54 for deserialize(config) function).

Original: Cognitive Complexity of 19

Edited: Cognitive Complexity of 7

To trigger the function: The functions defined in configs.js are utility functions that aid with type conversions and validations for configuration settings. Hence, they are automatically called during the setup/ initialization phase of NodeBB (after running ./nodebb start and ./nodebb log) to ensure that the configuration values are correctly interpreted and validated. So, it is automatic and does not need to be triggered.