Apply the same value to multiple properties.

In my Sass I often find myself applying the same value to multiple properties. Usually to properties such as margin, padding, width and height. I’ve solved the problem for myself by making a mixin:

@mixin property($value, $properties) {
  @each $property in $properties {
    #{$property}: $value
  }
}

.box {
  @include property(30px, padding-left padding-right);
  @include property(50%, width height);
}

Is this something that others would find helpful? Obviously not having the @include would be a nicer syntax, but is this the type of feature that would be better fit in the language itself? I would be more than happy to make a patch if this would be beneficial to others.

[lolmaus]

I disagree.

1. Applying a value to multiple properties is a very-very common task.
2. A helper mixin syntax is very bulky and does not make the code much cleaner.

In other words, this:

@include property(foo bar, 'baz');

is way worse than either of these:

foo, bar: 'baz';
foo: bar: 'baz';

[whaaaley]

@lolmaus I agree that this way is still bulky. I think a better solution would be what’s been mentioned in #366 which would make includes less bulky and more CSS looking. Then these small helper mixins wouldn’t be almost equally as painful to use and look at as it would be to just write it out by hand.

Then the proposed:

foo, bar: baz;

Could possibly be turned into a mixin with this syntax:

++qux: foo bar, baz;

Which isn’t much worse, but still much better than:

@include qux(foo bar, baz);