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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

Shifting the load is designed primarily to offload the work onto items that have more reason to understand their workings. What we have here is a difference in design philosophy

MyEmployee.DoAction(Fire);
MyEmployee.DoAction(TellEmployeHesNotFired);
MyEmployee.GetAction(EmployeePissedOff);
MyEmployee.DoAction(TellEmployeeToTakeAJoke);

With foo.many.layers.of.complexity.bar
   .PropertyA = "String"
   .MethodB(params)
End With

Dim tempBar as Bar = foo.many.layers.of.complexity.bar

tempBar.PropertyA = "String"
tempBar.MethodB(params)

foo.many.layers.of.complexity.bar.PropertyA = "String"
foo.many.layers.of.complexity.bar.MethodB(params)

foo.many.layers.of.complexity.bar.PropertyA = "String"

object.we.did.not.design.but.must.use.PropertyA = "String"

TapiManager.Lines(0).Addresses(0).Calls(0).Features(0).CanPark

With rsEmployee
   .AddNew
   ![Name] = "John Doe"
   ![Title] = "Peon"
   ![Extension] = "123"
   .Update
End With

with TapiManager.Lines(0).Addresses(0).Calls(0).Features(0)
.CanPark
end with 

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

if saving typing concern is the primary concern of a Software Developer

sucram wrote:

Just remember that the time that you save by using the with keyword will be lost by having to type those ridiculous if... then... end if statements.

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

What's VB?

Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

VB = C# - curly braces - semicolons + Dim

gajatko wrote:

over-keyworded language

Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

VB = C# - curly braces - semicolons + Dim

Public Sub MyExample(intLength As Integer, Optional intWidth As Integer)
  ' Some code
End Sub

public void MyExample(Length as int)
{
  // some code
}

public void MyExample(Length as int, Width as int)
{
  // some code
}

public void MyExample( int length, optional int height = 0, optional int width = 0 )
{
  // some code
}

public void MyExample( int length )
{
  MyExample( length, 0 );
}

public void MyExample( int length, int height)
{
  MyExample( length, height, 0 );
}

public void MyExample( int length, int width )
{
  MyExample( length, 0, width );
}

public void MyExample( int length, int height, int width )
{
  // some code
}