On 3/11/2011 2:49 AM, Kagamin wrote:
dsimcha Wrote:
The problem with the with statement idea is that you still need to
declare the variable. I often throw up quick anonymous plots with
anonymous Figure objects, like:
Histogram(someDataSet).toFigure
.title("A Title")
.xLabel("Stuff")
.showAsMain();
It's also easier to debug code if you store objects in variables. What if
histogram is created with a bug, how would you diagnose it? If you have the
histogram stored in a variable, you can put a breakpoint after the assignment
and inspect the histogram, but your example doesn't provide a variable to
inspect.
Well, then give it a name if you ever end up needing to. In general I
hate this as an argument against terse but readable code because you can
always make things into named variables very easily if you ever need to
set a breakpoint there. Usually I use as few named variables as I can
without hurting readability when I program, both to save typing and
because I find it hard to think of good names for intermediate
variables, so I end up naming them something horrible.