I would do this way. It still two lines but no extra object is created

FUNCTION populate
    THIS.AddProperty('oData', Null)
    SCATTER MEMO NAME THIS.oData
ENDFUNC

>If I want to populate an object property with an object using SCATTER NAME, do I need to do it like this:
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>FUNCTION populate
>  SCATTER MEMO NAME oDataGathered
>  THIS.AddProperty('oData',oDataGathered)
>ENDFUNC
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>Or is there a way to add and populate it at the same time???
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