[fpc-devel] C style operator doesn't work with properties in 2.3.1

[Boian Mitov]

There are a lot of fans of "with" ;-) . I have been burned however long time 
ago. Now when I get a new code from somebody, my first task is to remove any 
"with" from it ;-). As far as I am concerned "with" is a Pascal design bug. 
May the guy who invented "with" track "with" bugs for eternity ;-) .

  With best regards,
    Boian Mitov

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Schnell" <mschnell at lumino.de>
To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] C style operator doesn't work with properties in 
2.3.1


>
>> If you want stable code, never use the "with" or else ... ;-)
> I did learn this even in the early Delphi days ;)
>
> Moreover AFAIK, even the newest Delphi does not show the value of 
> variables that are qualified using a "with". So you even can't debug the 
> broken code decently.
>
> -Michael
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