From: Erik Max Francis Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: 'with' equvalent Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:32:01 -0800 Organization: Alcyone Systems Lines: 19 Message-ID: <368BFB61.165A73A4@alcyone.com> References: <368BF2D5 DOT E057F369 AT immediate DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: charmaine.alcyone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.34 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, eo To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Alex Lowe wrote: > Is there an equivalent in C or C++ to do this? No, unless you simply want to have a pointer to the original class/struct, which doesn't gain you much. When you do a lot of programming, you will learn not to worry about lots of typing. Saving on typing often makes things tend to be less readable (even to yourself later) rather than moreso. -- Erik Max Francis / email max AT alcyone DOT com / whois mf303 / icq 16063900 Alcyone Systems / irc maxxon (efnet) / finger max AT finger DOT alcyone DOT com San Jose, CA / languages En, Eo / web http://www.alcyone.com/max/ USA / icbm 37 20 07 N 121 53 38 W / &tSftDotIotE \ / Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. / Horace Smith