On Monday, 9 October 2023 00:09:35 PDT Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals
wrote:
> I am not aware of a formal C++ proposal. But I found a discussion here:
>
> - https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2003-01/msg00167.html ("Re: c++ "with"
> keyword" on GCC project mailing list)
>
>
> and of course StackOverflow
>
> -
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2279180/does-c-have-with-keyword-like-p
> ascal (Does C++ have "with" keyword like Pascal?)
>
> -
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4054946/is-this-the-best-way-to-do-a-wi
> th-statement-in-c (Is this the best way to do a "with" statement in C++?)
>
> - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11491505/python-with-statement-in-c
> (Python with statement in C++)

And then there's UFCS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax
https://brevzin.github.io/c++/2019/04/13/ufcs-history/

Barry's post has a list of papers.

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