[fpc-devel] Re: CodeGear abandons Delphi.NET

[Alexander Klenin]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 16:41, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following code is just confusing as hell...
>
> with b: Button := new Button do
>  with c: Color := b.BackColor do begin
>    ...
>    b.Text := 'Hello World';
>    self.Text := c.ToString;
>    ...
>  end;
> end;
>

Maybe, but consider the alternative in today's FPC:
with Button.Create do
  with BackColor do begin
    Text := 'Hello World';
    Self.Text := ToString;
  end;

It is easy to miss which properties refer to which objects,
and hard to read the code even if you manage to remember it correctly.
Another common usage would be:

with p := MyForm.Canvas.ClipRect do
   Draw(p.Right - p.Left, p);

I.e. referring to object itself inside the 'with' statement.
Now it requires a temporary variable.

Note that I would prefer abbreviated form without explicit type.
Full syntax has IMO too little advantage over the temporary.

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Alexander S. Klenin
Insight Experts Ltd.