with (auto p = new ...)

[andre via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Yes, that is also working. As far as I remember (only my tablet 
currently available) also this works:

Panel p;
with(p = new Panel ()) {}

Therefore it seems strange,the same does not work with auto.

Kind regards
André


On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 at 19:49:22 UTC, Graham Fawcett 
wrote:
> Sorry, I sent that last message before I intended to.
>
> How about:
>
>      auto b = new Button(); with (b) {
>        ...
>      }
>
> 'b' is explicitly outside of the scope of the 'with' block, 
> which may not be what you intended. But you could use more 
> braces to add an extra level of scope if that's an issue:
>
>     ...
>     text = "blah";
>     {
>        auto b = new Button(); with (b) {
>            ...
>        }
>     }
>     // b is no longer in scope
>
> Graham
>
>
>
>> On Tuesday, 23 September 2014 at 15:19:59 UTC, Andre wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just wonder why "with (auto p = new ...)" is not working.
>>> It would be some syntax sugar in this scenario:
>>>
>>> 	with (auto p = new Panel())
>>> 	{
>>> 		parent = this;
>>> 		text = "bla";
>>> 		with (auto b = new Button())
>>> 		{
>>> 			parent = p; // Here p is needed
>>> 			text = "bla2";
>>> 		}
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> source\app.d(8): Error: expression expected, not 'auto'
>>> source\app.d(8): Error: found 'p' when expecting ')'
>>> source\app.d(8): Error: found '=' instead of statement
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> André