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Re: What is a class?

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"Jim Mack" <no-uce-ube@mdxi.com> wrote in message 
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> >
>> For instantiation in local scope, I tend to use the construct:
>>
>> With New ClassName
>>     .Property1 = <whatever>
>>     .Method1
>>     'etc
>>     Variable = .Result
>> End With
>>
>> No need for Dim, with or without As New.
>>
>> (just thought I'd throw this into the mix to see what the group make of 
>> it)
>
> There's nothing actually wrong with it as long as you're sure to stay 
> within the block, but I don't use it because I tend to avoid VB's implicit 
> helpfulness. (-:
>
> I admit to being a little outside the mainstream in this regard. In 
> addition to explicit typing, and never using default properties, I also 
> always specify both array bounds, and use a lot of explicit type 
> conversions like CLng() etc. If I can specify it, I do.

We're definitely on the same page. I do all of the above, too.

>
> I spend so little time typing compared to time debugging that I don't see 
> how, in the long run, there's any pain attached to being explicit, whether 
> with "Dim" or in those other areas. It makes the intent clear, shows that 
> you know what's happening under the hood, and adds no runtime overhead.

Is there some runtime overhead? I seem to recall reading (probably somewhere 
on MSDN) that MS reserved pre-allocated space for some implicit vars, in 
which case that just leaves instantiation, which has to occur at runtime 
anyway.

Thanks for your comments.

>
> -- 
>        Jim
>
>
> 

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                Re: What is a class? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2012-02-25 23:10 -0600
        Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 04:11 -0800
          Re: What is a class? Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2012-02-26 16:37 +0100
          Re: What is a class? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-02-26 18:36 +0000
            Re: What is a class? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2012-02-26 14:11 -0600
            Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-27 03:11 -0800
              Re: What is a class? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-02-27 16:33 +0000
                Re: What is a class? Jim Mack <no-uce-ube@mdxi.com> - 2012-02-27 13:33 -0500
                Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 04:07 -0800
    Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 03:33 -0800
    Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 04:19 -0800
  Re: What is a class? "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-02-24 15:15 +0000
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    Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 03:35 -0800
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    Re: What is a class? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-02-25 01:33 +0000
    Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 03:09 -0800
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