Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> Could you actually name such a difference rather than pointing to some airily
>> hint of one? That would make it way much easier to see where you want to go.
> My idea is:
> somevar['key'] = value
> value = somevar['key'];
> or with constructor
> somevar = ARRAY[key1 => value1, key2 => value2, .. ]
> or some similar.
We don't normally invent specialized syntax for a specific datatype.
Not even if it's in core.
regards, tom lane