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