I don't think the number of characters is the main issue here --
it's about having a nicer set of characters. Personally, I'd be
still be in favour (although not quite as much) if the proposed
syntax were [[[1,2,3]]] -- for me, it's about having a syntax that
shouts ARRAY rather than whispers it.And array() steps too softly for you?
In comparison to [], yes. I mean, I've got used to array() and all, and I'd
happily carry on using it if the consensus goes that way, but I'd also
switch all my scripts to [] in a twinkling if it became permitted.
(Hell, let's face it, you can get used to anything if it's the right tool
for the job -- and almost anything's an improvement over spending an
afternoon counting parentheses in a LISP program, curly brackets in a B
program, or the number of implied REFs in an Algol68 type declaration...!)
Cheers!
Mike
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