Alternative Possibility - Implicit with

[Walter Bright]

On 11/19/2022 10:26 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> Implicitly enclose the switch body with a `with (WordLetterOfTheDay)`
>> resulting in:

Upon more reflection, the implicit `with` should only enclose the case 
expression, not the other statements in the switch body.


>> Argument lists:
>>
>>   Only works if there are no overloads.
> 
> There's another use case to address: default parameter declarations.
> 
> Current syntax:
> 
>          enum LongEnumName { abc, def, ghi }
>          int myFunc(LongEnumName x = LongEnumName.abc) { ... }
> 
> Desired syntax:
> 
>          enum LongEnumName { abc, def, ghi }
>          int myFunc(LongEnumName x = abc) { ... }
> 
> i.e., the RHS of a default parameter should be treated just like the
> initialization of an enum variable, there should be an implicit `with`.

Yes, should work the same as other initializations.