[fpc-pascal] with statement using mulltiple objects

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2014-09-14 16:23 GMT+02:00 Mark Morgan Lloyd <
markMLl.fpc-pascal at telemetry.co.uk>:

> I'd be far happier if there were provision for declaring a temporary
> "shortcut" symbol:
>
> with shortcut: TSomething= TreeRoot.SubDirs[Low(TreeRoot.SubDirs)]^ do
>    begin
>    shortcut.DirLogged             := true;
>    shortcut.DirHatFocus           := false;
>    shortcut.SubDirsExpanded       := true;
>

Yes, something close to alias in SQL, instead of plain elision which "with"
currently performs. This would allow for a clearer writing without the
pitfalls of the Pascal "with".

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
(davitof)

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