"with" should be deprecated with extreme prejudice
Georg Wrede
georg.wrede at iki.fi
Sun May 17 18:29:59 PDT 2009
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I think "with" is a very dangerous feature due to the way it hides
> symbols. It essentially makes the feeblest attempt at modular reasoning
> utterly impossible:
>
> int x, y;
> with (whatever)
> {
> y += x;
> ++x;
> }
>
> What can be said about such code? Nothing. If whatever has or will ever
> have fields x or y or both, the names will bind to them; otherwise,
> they'll bind to the locals. Non-local code dependency at its finest.
>
> Maintenance of any type that is being used with "with" becomes a very
> dangerous proposition because it can silently change meaning of code.
>
> I therefore submit that "with" is an extremely dangerous feature and
> should be removed from the language. What say you?
Non-touch typers will riot.
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