On 03/08/2011 13:00, Alexander Klenin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 22:34, Michael Van Canneyt > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Of course, a disambiguation facility would be even better, >>> but I am afraid FPC developers will resist this improvement :( >> >> Frankly, I don't understand the discussion. >> I use 'with' all the time because it increases readability and reduces >> typing. > > Agreed. > >> I don't want to be punished with heaps of warnings simply because I use a >> language feature. Yes, I am aware that there are risks involved. > > This is why I suggested to restrict warnings only to a cases > where actual ambiguity exists, which is actually quite rare. > Maybe even warning is too much, and it should be a hint. > > Anyway, my preferred solution would be to allow aliases in 'with' statement, > which would improve readability even further while sacrificing only a > few characters: > > with a := MyCompomentList[0] do begin > Rectangle(0, 0, a.Width, a.Height); > end; > > No chance of ambiguity at all. >
IM(H)O, with a:TMyType := MyComponentList[0] do begin // 'a' only valid from here, spew an error if 'a' is declared, even if different type end; // 'a' only valid until here -> based on: look at what E:Exception in try..except..end; does -> My 2gr. Lukasz -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
