[Lazarus] 'with' is evil, isn't it?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Marcos Douglas schrieb:

> IMHO, 'with' should have an implicit pointer like 'self' (could be
> 'this' or whatever).

This<g> will fail with nested With's, or a With with multiple expressions.

A nicer syntax would require only an "." for your "this.".

> Eg:
> 
> procedure TControlDescendant.Paint;
> begin
>   with Canvas do
>   begin
>       this.Rectangle(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height);
         .Rectangle(0,0, .Width, .Height);
>   edn;
> end;

DoDi