[ANSI-Smalltalk] re: array creation syntax

[Panu Logic]

Andres Valloud wrote:
> I think that, without #<- being in all the major Smalltalks first, 
> much less being common practice in the first place, it is not 
> appropriate to discuss this for inclusion in the Smalltalk Standard at 
> this time.

I think this is a misunderstanding, and  a
mis-characterization of what I've said. 

I never proposed we should discuss adding #<-   as
part of the  Smalltalk Standard (library). 

In contrast I was saying that because anybody can
define #<-  on their own,  on top of any *major Smalltalk*, 
there is  no  critical need  for  any new non-de-facto 
standard for the  Array / Collection syntax.   

Therefore you are probably right that "it is not appropriate
to discuss"  whether #<-  should be included in the Smalltalk
Standard at this time.

But I also believe we shouldn't discuss too much about what
should be discussed, and what not. We shouldn't call each
others'  proposals "inappropriate", or even "ugly" easily.
Let's welcome all proposals at this time.  Let politeness rule, 
in order for the best ideas to come forward, and for some
work to get done.

-Panu Viljamaa
P.S. For the record, I support  { } for dynamic arrays. But I'm not
sure if  that  should be included as part of the  standard level 1.0.