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On 2026-03-27 03:58, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote:
> On 26 March 2026 07:51:31 GMT, Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes> wrote:
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> - an "optional key access" operator like $foo[?'bar'] that makes the intent explicit but concise

So, syntactic sugar for "($foo['bar'] ?? null)".