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+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2020 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements the ``with`` macro for easy
+## function chaining. See https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/193
+## and https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/192 for details leading to this
+## particular design.
+##
+## **Since** version 1.2.
+
+import macros, private / underscored_calls
+
+macro with*(arg: typed; calls: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
+  ## This macro provides the `chaining`:idx: of function calls.
+  ## It does so by patching every call in `calls` to
+  ## use `arg` as the first argument.
+  ## **This evaluates `arg` multiple times!**
+  runnableExamples:
+    var x = "yay"
+    with x:
+      add "abc"
+      add "efg"
+    doAssert x == "yayabcefg"
+
+    var a = 44
+    with a:
+      += 4
+      -= 5
+    doAssert a == 43
+
+  result = newNimNode(nnkStmtList, arg)
+  expectKind calls, nnkArgList
+  let body =
+    if calls.len == 1 and calls[0].kind in {nnkStmtList, nnkStmtListExpr}:
+      calls[0]
+    else:
+      calls
+  for call in body:
+    result.add underscoredCall(call, arg)
+
+when isMainModule:
+  type
+    Foo = object
+      col, pos: string
+
+  proc setColor(f: var Foo; r, g, b: int) = f.col = $(r, g, b)
+  proc setPosition(f: var Foo; x, y: float) = f.pos = $(x, y)
+
+  var f: Foo
+  with(f, setColor(2, 3, 4), setPosition(0.0, 1.0))
+  echo f
+