[VOTE] "Array Of" v Generics

In recent discussions we were weighing up the options of array of and generics came into conversation, brought forward from the Hack language by Sara G. I was wrong about one thing: Generics CAN have setup outside of the type-hint, much like a collection, but it is not required. I thought it was. This means that array of could easily be considered "weak-generics" and the two features can share the same syntax without confusion to the user. A few of you said that, so sorry that I disagreed. ;) Before we worry too much about that, the logical next question is: Is there any interest in generics? If there is interest, then one syntax would be preferable over the other. With the existing proposed syntax for "array of", it looks like this: function(Spanner[] $spanner) Evolving that same syntax into generics would look something like this: $tool = new Spanner[]; $tool = new int[]; That would be... less than ideal, but its nice and simple for the type hints. Using the generics syntax for... generics: function(array<Spanner> $spanner) $tool = array<Spanner>(); Obviously angle-brackets are a bit new, but that same syntax works for both. These examples are provided to make a point, and the syntax is not definite. The point here really is that If we care about generics, then using generic-like syntax for this feature probably makes sense. If we don't care about generics, then there is probably no point using this more verbose syntax for simple "array of" type-hinting, but the syntax could still easily change. Can you lot vote A, B, C or D to show your interest? A) I want Array Of, but not Generics B) I want Generics, but not Array Of C) I want both D) I want neither Nothing really binding here, its more of a survey than a vote, but it should help with the next steps.