[fpc-pascal] a proposal about "with" syntax

[Xiangrong Fang]

shiruba <shiruba at galapagossoftware.com>'s example is better than mine, and
was exactly the reason I posted this suggestion.

I don't think a class helper is worth for this stuff, if I need to write a
helper I would rather do this:

longobj := BigLongThingIDontWantToWriteOutEverySingleTime;
With longobj do begin
  Height := 100;
  Width := 200;
  ...
  SomeOtherObject.Submit(longobj);
end;

That's not elegant, but it is really not worth for a helper in this case,
IMHO.  "with" itself is a convenience syntax anyway, why adding an "as" to
make it more convenient a bad idea?  I don't know what's make it complex if
there are 2 or more subject in the with?


2013/3/17 Daniel Gaspary <dgaspary at gmail.com>

> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:02 PM, 印場 乃亜 <shiruba at galapagossoftware.com>
> wrote:
> > With BigLongThingIDontWantToWriteOutEverySingleTime do
> >   begin
> >      Height := 100;
> >      Width := 200;
> >     ...
> >
>  SomeOtherObject.Submit(BigLongThingIDontWantToWriteOutEverySingleTime);
> >   end;
> >
> > Notice how I have to write the long thing out again at the bottom.  There
> > must be a way around that (Something like "Self", but that refers to
> > whatever you are using in With).
>
> You can use a Class Helper:
>
> http://pastebin.com/pFL49byh
>
> But you gonna need to use a type cast. And with a "SomethingElse" at
> the with, as showed by Xiangrong, things can become messy.
>
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