DUAL FEATURE REQUEST: let "with" take a struct pointer and evaluate to its parameter

downs default_357-line at yahoo.de
Fri Dec 21 10:44:38 PST 2007


Bill Baxter wrote:
> downs wrote:
>> The first part of the feature request is to allow "with" to take a
>> pointer to a struct as a parameter.
> 
> +1 definitely.  I think I've hit that one before too and it made me go
> huh? wha?
> 
>>>> <Ge0rG> so you want 'auto foo = with(new myStruct) { bar = 23; baz =
>>>> 42; ... }'?
> 
> I'm -1 on that.

Actually, I tend to agree. The first one is what's really important to me; the second is more like a "wouldn't it be neat if" thing.

Personally, I think it's kinda hard to understand as well. Makes me wonder why I proposed it in the first place.

Eh, well :)

 --downs



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