> IMO should stay specific for arrays only.
Why? Is there an objective reason?
Is there some aspect of the syntax that makes it appropriate for arrays but
inappropriate for object initialization?
These are honest question.
My two cents: I would like to type less too, but I have always assumed that
"=>" was the PHP-ish syntax for initialization of a structure so it seems very
appropriate to use for object initialization too.
That said,
1. I don't feel strongly about iti either way,
2. Unless using "=>" would make naked object initialization possible — i.e. {
foo => 10 } — given that it seems, as Arnold said, this would conflict with
other meanings: { foo = 10 }
#fwiw
-Mike
