"with" should be deprecated with extreme prejudice

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:55:42 -0700, Sean Kelly wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> 
>> I guess the reason for using with() is to avoid typing repetitive stuff.
>> Would this work instead ...
>> 
>>  int x, y;
>>  with (p as "somevery.long.struct.or.class[17].name")
>>  {
>>       y += p.x;
>>       ++p.x;
>>  }
> 
> {
>      ref p = somevery.long.struct.or.class[17].name;
>      y += p.x;
>      ++p.x;
> }

Yes that would work too, and probably better code generation too.

The difference being that my suggestion is a compile-time behaviour and
yours is a run time behaviour.

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Derek Parnell
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