I got a chuckle out of this comment in an XE4 press release:

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I got a chuckle out of this comment in an XE4 press release:

You are advised to rewrite code that uses WITH as this is likely to be removed in future versions. I can see the benefit in enforcing this, as I have bumped into so many scope errors caused by over-zealous WITH usage over the years…

Today WITH, tomorrow FreeAndNil :-)

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  1. Lars FosdalApril 23, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I would have loved to see - as Eric Grange mentioned - an extended With syntax:

    with a := array[ix].reference.item; b := some.other.item do

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  2. Phillip WoonApril 23, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    and Pointers.....

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  3. Ilya SJuly 20, 2013 at 11:07 PM

    With is not good enough, what about using statement in C#/VB.NET http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/yh598w02.aspx ?

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