With block proposal

[Daniel Keep]

Michiel Helvensteijn wrote:
> Freeman wrote:
> 
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> with(a)
>>> {
>>>    :x = x;  // Unambiguously means a.x = x
>>>    :x = .x; // Unambiguously means a.x = .x
>>> }
> 
> I think the plan is to get rid of 'with', and I can't say I disagree.
> 
> If you can say
> 
> with(a) { :x = f(); :x = g(); }
> 
> you can also say
> 
> { auto w = a; w.x = f(); w.x = g(); }
> 
> or similar.
> 
> Hardly any longer, and without the need for a whole language construct.

Unless a is a value-type member of something else.