On 10/21/07, Perry Smith <pedz@[...].com>  wrote:
>  Pascal has a with statement.  (I'm showing my age).  It would be nice
>  instead of:
> 
>      <td><%= h relationship.parent_id %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.link_type.pcln %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.child_id %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.active %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.notes %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.created_at %></td>
>      <td><%= h relationship.updated_at %></td>
> 
>  I could do:
> 
>      with(relationship) {
>        <td><%= h parent_id %></td>
>        <td><%= h link_type.pcln %></td>
>        <td><%= h child_id %></td>
>        <td><%= h active %></td>
>        <td><%= h notes %></td>
>        <td><%= h created_at %></td>
>        <td><%= h updated_at %></td>
>      }
> 
>  I bet there is a clever way to do this -- I just don't know now.
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> 
> 

You might want to have a look at instance_eval, I however feel that
the with statement was rather a weakness of Pascal.

HTH
Robert
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