That's indeed a case where it fails, but in all my years I have maybe ran into that problem once. But it's trivial to implement a more strict form of array if y

That's indeed a case where it fails, but in all my years I have maybe ran into that problem once. But it's trivial to implement a more strict form of array if you wish. And if I remember correctly there are some standard extensions that have classes to do just that. And for the record, it's not Stockholm syndrome, I use plenty of other languages and I know the benefits and drawbacks of each of those.