From: Jean-Hugues ROBERT <jean_hugues_robert@...>
Date: 2002-06-06T16:14:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Pascal-like 'with' statement?



Hello,

I once designed a "with statement" in some language. Inside the body, one
had to use ".something" to take advantage of it:

with an_obj do  # Eqv to:
   .do_this()    #   an_obj.do_this()
   .do_that()    #   an_obj.do_that()
   .done = true  #   an_obj.done = true
end

In Ruby today, one can as simply write:

begin o = an_obj
   o.do_this()
   o.do_that()
   o.done = true
end

I feel like it is almost as readable this way than it is with "with".

Yours,

Jean-Hugues

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