Key with array index saves as object unless array already exists

[philjolly]

If i use a key that contains an array index i.e. things[0].stuff it will only save as an array if i have manually added an empty array to the model before a value is entered. If the parent node is empty it saves as an object with a key of "0".

http://jsbin.com/giwihenoyi/edit?html,js,output

[philjolly]

Well nevermind... as I started picking through the code to see if I could find a fix I realized its an issue with angular.$parse and they wont fix it... angular/angular.js#9850 closing in frustration Reopened issue to follow guidelines for a forthcoming PR