Re: shorter alternative of constructor with parameter

[Kapps via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 22 June 2014 at 11:50:31 UTC, Shammah Chancellor wrote:
I can't support this proposal.   Adds more syntax to a language 
that is already becoming cramped.  I also don't see the purpose 
of having simple constructors like this?  Are you going to add 
(n choose k) simple constructors to a class?   I could get 
behind field initializer syntax ala C# "with" modeling the 
syntax we have for structures.

new Person() {name: "Bob"};

-Shammah

In theory, 'with' could be used for that if it returned the 
expression passed in:
auto a = with(new Person()) {
    Name = "Bob";
    Age = 27;
}