To 'with' or not to 'with': how is the question ?

[Manuel Gutierrez Algaba]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000  Jason Cunliffe <jasonic at nomadicsltd.com> wrote:
>Hello
>
>In ActionScript, JavaScript and VBScript, there is the 'with' operator
>torefer to the same piece of code many times..
>
>For example in VBScript:
>
>Set evilcommondocument = CreateObject("Word.Document")
>
>With lovelyobject
>    .AutoHyphenation = True
>    .PrintPreview
>    evilcommondocument.Close
>End With
>
>Set evilcommondocument = Nothing
>
>This works for longer more nested objects.properties lumps also, where it is
>a very nice feature I find.

Do you mean this : 

With WhyvisualShit
   .nasty= True
   .sucking= True
   With  extendedAttrb
      .encourages_unstructuration = True
      .leaveit
      .ask_your_mother
   end with
   if .is_unreadable 
     .throw_it_over_board
   .end if
   .goes_against_OO
end with
?


This seems a good idea in origin (from Pascal), exagerated so
much that  spoils any traces of programming. 

Post it to Comp.lang.perl, they'll probably add to their language.


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MGA