I like some of the Python syntax. But some of it is cumbersome. Same with PHP. But I think PHP is closer to what I want so what's wrong with trying to improve it where it's possible (and easily done)?
agree, and you can easily make PHP code not readable with such improvements.
again, I can't understand why PHP should have another way of creating new arrays.
there are so many things you can improve in PHP - why did you choose to change the syntax?
Cause array() really is used very often, and could be made much more "pretty" (read: readable, expressive) with [].
Cheers,
Michael
PS: there was static without the keyword in ZE1.