# Alternatives to \`with\` expression

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/alternatives-to-with-expression/60272
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 14, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/alternatives-to-with-expression/60272 "2025-02-14T00:14:24Z")
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### Author: ![waffle8946](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/waffle8946/32/27221_2.png) [@waffle8946](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/waffle8946)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/alternatives-to-with-expression/60272/2 "2025-02-14T00:53:11Z")

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I also suggest looking into prior work: [[RFC 0181] List index syntax by rhendric · Pull Request #181 · NixOS/rfcs · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/181)

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