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Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax]

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Date 2015-03-28 17:40 +1100
Subject Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax]
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.285.1427524804.10327.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:18 pm, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
>> One thing that is a bit laborious in python are object initializers:
>>
>> self.attr1 = field1
>> self.attr2 = field2
>>
>> In VB one can do:
>>
>> with self
>> .attr1 = field1
>> .attr2 = field2
>>
>> (or something like that -- dont exactly remember the syntax)
>
>
> Pascal is another language with a construct like that, and there's a FAQ for
> it:
>
> https://docs.python.org/2/faq/design.html#why-doesn-t-python-have-a-with-statement-for-attribute-assignments

While I don't advocate the proposal, it does have an important
difference from the one cited in the FAQ - albeit a Tim-grit
difference: the Pascal version has implicit attribute notation, where
the proposed has a leading dot. This eliminates the ambiguity, though
without majorly improving readability.

ChrisA

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Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-28 10:39 +1100
  Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 01:33 +0100
    Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 18:55 -0600
      Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 21:18 -0700
        VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 17:26 +1100
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 17:40 +1100
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-28 12:26 +0000
            Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 23:58 +1100
              Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-28 13:44 +0000
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:21 -0700
            Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:32 -0700
        Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2015-04-08 22:11 +0000

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