Re: [Help-smalltalk] Symbols in array literals

[Paolo Bonzini]

Mike Anderson wrote:
> I would really like to be able to dispense with the # in front of
> symbols in array literals. In other words, I would like the following to
> be valid:
>
> #(1 two nil)

I'm not very happy about this.  There's no reason, then, why #(nil) 
should answer nil rather than #nil.  I can make it give a warning if you 
need compatibility, but I'd rather avoid fully backing the #(one two 
three) syntax.

Paolo