Equivalence of "With...End With" in C#? [duplicate]

Question

I know that C# has the using keyword, but using disposes of the object automatically.

Is there the equivalence of With...End With in Visual Basic 6.0?

Answer 1

It's not equivalent, but would this syntax work for you?

Animal a = new Animal()
{
    SpeciesName = "Lion",
    IsHairy = true,
    NumberOfLegs = 4
};

Answer 2

C# doesn't have an equivalent language construct for that.

Answer 3

There is no equivalent, but I think discussing a syntax might be interesting!

I quite like;

NameSpace.MyObject.
{
    active = true;
    bgcol = Color.Red;
}

Any other suggestions?

I cant imagine that adding this language feature would be difficult, essentially just a preprocessed.

EDIT:

I was sick of waiting for this feature, so here is and extension that achieves a similar behavior.

/// <summary>
/// C# implementation of Visual Basics With statement
/// </summary>
public static void With<T>(this T _object, Action<T> _action)
{
    _action(_object);
}

Usage;

LongInstanceOfPersonVariableName.With(x => {
     x.AgeIntVar = 21;
     x.NameStrVar = "John";
     x.NameStrVar += " Smith";
     //etc..
});

EDIT: Interestingly it seems someone beat me to the punch, again, with this "solution". Oh well..