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		ricardobeat on Feb 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration Strings can be represented as arrays too. Doesnt make a good argument for removing them.

acuozzo on Feb 3, 2024 [–]

Doing so would necessitate the addition of another type: character/grapheme cluster.

Representing arrays as maps would impose no additional requirements outside of validation which is already considered as part of the proposal in question.

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