[Proposal] .name global indexing (Was: Re: 'with' statement)

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 10/03/16 05:09 AM, Thijs Schreijer wrote:
> > I never thought I'd say this, but I like the way Visual Basic 6 does it:
> > with foo
> >      .x = 1
> >      .y = some_local_var
> > end with
> > I don't remember the exact syntax, but the important part is you still
> > included the dot from foo.x, so that distinguished properties from other
> > variables in outer scopes.
> While reading up the thread, I had the same thought. I also like that about VB.
>
> Thijs
This can be implemented with .name as being a global access. But you'll 
need to end your lines with a ;.

e.g.

do local _ENV = something;
  .a = 1;
  .b = 2;
end

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