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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] With End With
From: jdavidson@zworg.com (jason davidson)

Derek Ford wrote:

> This is highly unusual.... I recently started gathering people who 
> could implement and opinions of those who wanted or didn't want a 
> 'with' construct.
>
> http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/topic11451.php
>
> I toyed with the idea, and then when I went into core to implement it, 
> I became _very_ confused and discovered I just wasn't good enough
>
>
> .
>
yup, i like the construct, i saw your forum, i would prefer to have some 
syntax indication that your method or prop call is part of the object 
block though, which is unlike javascripts implemtation, something like..

with($obj) {
    .property = '';
    .method();
}

i know that php already uses the '->' syntax, but as was already posted, 
that is hideously ugly
Jason