I��ve noticed that as we��ve progressed there has been a move to more concise and fluid code - e.g. I quite like the new String streaming stuff

e.g.

^ String

streamContents: [ :stream |

stream nextPut: ��. ]

So I was wondering why we don��t have a construct like Pascals with to avoid Book1.title, Book1.author etc.

(* book 1 specification *)
With Book1 do
begin
   title  := 'C Programming';
   author := 'Nuha Ali '; 
   subject := 'C Programming Tutorial';
   book_id := 6495407;
end;

I often find it a bit tedious with code like the following which then needs an instvar...

self classes do: [ :class |

| metaclass |

metaclass := class metaclass.

metaclass xxxx.

mataclass yyyy.

]

I��m wondering why we don��t have #with:do:

class with: class metaclass do: [:metaclass |

metaclass xxx.

]

But when such things aren��t there - there is usually a good reason and I��m curious �� this said, there are all kinds of other such tricks (which I rarely use that I keep coming across).

Tim