thoughtbot/guides — pull request #228 by gfontenot (2014-09-18 17:20:44+00:00)
Title: Add guideline for creating mutable collections

The alternative syntax is:

```swift
var collection = [Object]()
```

I find this syntax jarring because of the visual combination of the braces and
the parens. It also seems to be taking a too-rigid stance in favor of using
type inference. I believe that the proposed syntax lets you type the object,
and then be explicit about creating an empty array, which will then by typed
appropriately.