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Subject: Re: Latest suggestion for 202x
From: Jerry <list_email@icloud.com>
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On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 4:59:41 PM UTC-7, Micah Waddoups wrote:
> Following is my comment of appreciation AND my suggestion that is a very =
basic and important level of support for Unicode.
>=20
> Frankly, the former rules for directly specifying the contents of an arra=
y were perfect, when you can only use parenthesis.  Being able to use squar=
e brackets to improve the readability of an array is brilliant because it i=
s familiar to those who use other languages and it does very little to chan=
ge what is already part of the language definition (square brackets are alr=
eady use in a way that does not conflict).  Therefore, it is not confusing,=
 just new.

I agree strongly about using square brackets for arrays. It is such an obvi=
ous use considering standard mathematical notation that I have never unders=
tood why it is not allowed. Readability and an obvious abstraction related =
to the real world--it's a no-brainer as far as I know. But I'll bet the gur=
us will show me to be wrong. One problem at this late date is that you woul=
d have to allow both [] and () and so you're going to forget to use [] some=
times and then you have a mixed mini-mess.

Jerry