>> This was discussed in the Working Group, but it wasn't felt that the added >> complexity was worth it; there's a strong feeling that this spec should be as >> simple as possible. > > Might I suggest, however, using -1 instead of "-" to refer to the last item in an > array, as this provides two benefits: > > 1) Allows for adding the complexity down the road in a compatible way, should > there be need > 2) Uniformity; i.e. always using integer values for referring to array elements. I have to say that this suggestion sounds very compelling to me, for both reasons. I know there's a bunch of running code out there, but this (and perhaps teasing apart the "add" and "insert" concepts into separate verbs) seems worth the bother. Barry, as participant