Yep, see issue#1 on the proposal: "As defined here, the syntax for variable usage is different from the syntax for variable definition (i.e. var-foo for defini

Yep, see issue#1 on the proposal: "As defined here, the syntax for variable usage is different from the syntax for variable definition (i.e. var-foo for definition, var(foo) for usage). Some have suggested that the syntaxes should should match, using functional syntax in both cases. Others have suggested using a prefixed symbol instead of functional syntax (e.g. $foo) for both the property and usage."