[Pitch] `With` functions in the standard library

S2Ler · June 21, 2023, 4:24am

+1. Previous discussions:

Circling back to `with`

beccadax/swift-evolution/blob/with-function/proposals/NNNN-introducing-with-to-stdlib.md

# Introducing `with` to the Standard Library

* Proposal: TBD
* Author: [Erica Sadun](https://github.com/erica), [Brent Royal-Gordon](https://github.com/brentdax)
* Status: TBD
* Review manager: TBD

## Introduction

This proposal introduces a `with` function to the standard library. This function
simplifies the initialization of objects and modification of value types.

Swift-evolution thread:
[What about a VBA style with Statement?](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.evolution/14384)

## Motivation

When setting up or modifying an instance, developers sometimes use an 
immediately-called closure to introduce a short alias for the instance 
and group the modification code together. For example, they may

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