Re: If Statement with Declaration

[Iakh via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 19 July 2017 at 15:31:08 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
On 07/19/2017 03:30 PM, sontung wrote:
So I was thinking of some sort of syntax like this:
     if(int i = someFunc(); i >= 0)
     {
         // use i
     }
Thoughts on this sort of feature?

I'd prefer a new variant of `with`:

----
with (int i = someFunc()) if (i >= 0)
{
    // use i
}
----

It's slightly more verbose, but the meaning is clearer 
(arguable). It extends automatically to other control 
structures like `switch`.

I wouldn't have this new `with (declaration)` have the magic 
lookup rules of the existing `with (expression)`. It would be a 
simpler tool that I'd probably use more than the existing 
`with`.

I like "with" variant. Very mach like haskells "where". I believe 
it
would be cool with expressions. Even can emulate named function
arguments

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