Would this be of interest in general... I have always wanted a more capable literal array than what we have now..

#( 123 23 'das' )
whynot:
#( 'ac'->23� 2->'casd' myVar1)� ... evaluates to a collection..

so I just tried this out with a BlockClosure:

asArray

�� |� stmts anArray� |

�� stmts := self decompile statements.
�� anArray := Array new: stmts size.
�� stmts doWithIndex: [ :eaNode :indx| | start end value|
�� start := (eaNode asString indexOf: ${)+1.
�� end := (eaNode asString lastIndexOf: $})-1.
�� value := Compiler evaluate: (eaNode asString copyFrom: start to: end) for: self receiver logged: false.
�� anArray at: indx put: value].
�� ^anArray

So we could do:
['abc'->123. 'def'->456. 'efg'->789. 'hij'->123. 'klm'->456.] asArray.
[self checkThisUsingKeywordMethod: 'abc' with:'efg'. localVar1. instanceVar1 ] asArray

to yield arrays.. not neat, I would much rather prefer the literals do their job their way...
but works.. for the narrow set I have tried so far..

Any comments..
-Skrish