docs: def to_same(value1, value2, ctx):
      """
      Converts a pair of arguments to their most-likely types. This deviates from Excel which doesn't auto convert values
      but is necessary for us to intuitively handle contact fields which don't use the correct value type
      """
      if type(value1) == type(value2):
          return value1, value2
  
      try:
          # try converting to two decimals
          return to_decimal(value1, ctx), to_decimal(value2, ctx)
      except EvaluationError:
          pass
  
      try:
          # try converting to two dates
          d1, d2 = to_date_or_datetime(value1, ctx), to_date_or_datetime(value2, ctx)
  
          # if either one is a datetime, then the other needs to become a datetime
          if type(value1) != type(value2):
              d1, d2 = to_datetime(d1, ctx), to_datetime(d2, ctx)
          return d1, d2
      except EvaluationError:
          pass
  
      # try converting to two strings
      return to_string(value1, ctx), to_string(value2, ctx)