Is there a `with` operator or usage pattern?

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The following is a restatement of with from Visual Basic, and an comparable pattern in Julia that doesn’t rely upon macros.

@MA_Laforge

VB with pattern

Private Sub AddCustomer()
    Dim theCustomer As New Customer

    With theCustomer
        .Name = "Coho Vineyard"
        .URL = "http://www.cohovineyard.com/"
        .City = "Redmond"
    End With

    With theCustomer.Comments
        .Add("First comment.")
        .Add("Second comment.")
    End With
End Sub

Comparable (simple) Julia Pattern

Since, in Julia, you don’t allocate new memory with variables (you basically create a new reference), you can do something fairly similar without any special macros or anything:

@MA_Laforge

function generateDummyCustomer()
	newCustomer = Customer()
	let c = newCustomer
		c.name = "Alfred Customer"
		c.city = "Boston"
		c.country = "United States"
	end
	let i = newCustomer.additionalInfo
		push!(i, "Good customer")
		push!(i, "Provides useful feedback")
	end
	return newCustomer
end

Thank you @MA_Laforge