With 6.0.0

There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package With --version 6.0.0
NuGet\Install-Package With -Version 6.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="With" Version="6.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add With --version 6.0.0
#r "nuget: With, 6.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install With as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=With&version=6.0.0

// Install With as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=With&version=6.0.0

with

With is a small library written in c# intended for alternative constructions in c# to do things that may look clumsy in regular code.

Why is this library small? Parts of the library has been removed as c# has evolved (and my understanding of what can be useful in c#).

What can we learn from "With"

Having access to expressions can help with doing extensions to a language in a relatively simple way.

Examples

Working with immutable data

If you need to get a copy of a readonly object but with some other value set in the new instance, you can use With. This is very similar to f# copy and update record expression. The main abstraction is called a lens. Lenses answers the question "How do you read and update immutable data". It may help to think about them as properties for immutable data that you can combine and compose. For further reading see the Basic lens operation part of the wiki

Simplest example
using With;
using With.Lenses;
...
public class CustomerNameChangeHandler
{
    // start with initializing the lens expression once (main cost is around parsing expressions)
    private static readonly DataLens<Customer, string> NameLens =
        LensBuilder<Customer>
            .Of(m => m.Name)
            .Build();
    public void Handle()
    {
        // fetch customer, say:
        var customer = new Customer(id:1, name:"Johan Testsson");
        // get a new instance of that customer but with changed name:
        var changedNameToErik = CustomerNameLens.Set(customer, "Erik Testsson");
        // ...
    }
}
Settings several properties at the same time
using System;
using With;
using With.Lenses;
...
public class CustomerChangeHandler
{
    // start with initializing the lens expression once (main cost is around parsing expressions)
    private static readonly DataLens<Customer, (int, string, IEnumerable<string>)> CustomerIdNamePreferencesLens =
        LensBuilder<Customer>
            .Of(m => m.Id)
            .And(m => m.Name)
            .And(m => m.Preferences)
            .Build();
    public void Handle()
    {
        // fetch customer, say:
        var customer = new Customer(id:1, name:"Johan Testsson");
        // get a new instance of that customer but with id, name and preferences changed:
        var change = CustomerIdNamePreferencesLens.Set(customer, (NextId(), "Erik Testsson", new []{"Swedish fish"}) );
        // ...
    }
}

Why shouldn't you use this library

The immutable data support in this library is done as an extensions to the language using the expression support in c#. A different way to add these things to c# would be to write some sort of roslyn extension in order to extend the language in a way that can be generated at compile time. This is done for instance in language ext codegen project. An approach such as that could be useful depending on your requirements.

On the .net platform there is already a language that allows you to write immutable first code in a terse and helpful way, f#, you can find out more on: f# for fun and profit. Many programmers prefer to work in c#/java why this library or codegen makes more sense.

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Version Downloads Last updated
6.1.0-beta-1 1,008 3/12/2020
6.0.0 3,365 12/25/2019
6.0.0-alpha-1 993 12/22/2019
5.1.4 1,274 12/22/2019
5.1.3 1,251 12/15/2019
5.1.2 2,087 11/22/2019
5.1.1 1,203 11/17/2019
5.1.0 1,126 11/16/2019
5.1.0-alpha-2 944 11/15/2019
5.1.0-alpha-1 958 11/13/2019
5.0.2 1,915 8/23/2018
5.0.1 1,477 8/23/2018
5.0.0 1,462 8/21/2018
4.3.1 1,902 4/11/2018
4.3.0 1,799 11/8/2017
4.2.0 1,551 11/2/2017
4.1.2 1,570 11/1/2017
4.1.1 1,540 10/3/2017
4.1.0 1,544 10/3/2017
4.0.0 1,510 9/18/2017
3.0.0 2,011 9/29/2016
2.0.0 1,856 6/11/2016
1.0.8 2,135 2/1/2016
1.0.7 1,702 10/12/2015
1.0.6 1,893 9/26/2015
1.0.5 1,775 9/25/2015
1.0.3 1,779 9/25/2015
1.0.2 1,731 9/24/2015
1.0.1 1,763 9/24/2015
1.0.0 1,774 9/18/2015
0.4.19 1,758 9/9/2015
0.4.18 1,727 8/19/2015
0.4.17 1,697 6/27/2015
0.4.16 1,794 3/22/2015
0.4.15 1,623 3/22/2015
0.4.14 1,651 3/21/2015
0.4.13 1,673 3/20/2015
0.4.12 1,650 3/20/2015
0.4.11 1,615 3/18/2015
0.4.10 1,634 3/18/2015
0.4.9 1,629 3/18/2015
0.4.8 1,604 3/12/2015
0.4.7 1,622 3/11/2015
0.4.6 1,699 3/11/2015
0.4.5 1,667 3/11/2015
0.4.4 1,624 3/10/2015
0.4.3 1,915 1/6/2015
0.4.2 2,426 12/19/2014
0.4.1 1,908 12/18/2014
0.4.0 1,906 12/18/2014
0.3.0 1,915 12/8/2014
0.2.0 2,102 11/16/2014
0.1.1 2,396 11/8/2014
0.1.0 2,132 11/6/2014
0.0.6 2,201 11/5/2014
0.0.5 1,942 11/3/2014
0.0.4 2,424 11/2/2014
0.0.3 1,777 10/20/2013
0.0.2 1,790 10/18/2013
0.0.1 1,682 10/17/2013

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