Ah, yeah. I didn't twig until you mentioned it, but... if ever you get tired of emacs vs vi religious wars, try switching to discussing whether 'bracket' refers to a parenthesis or a brace.
Given the context, I'm pretty sure the OP was using the 'parenthesis' meaning.
in commonwealth english, it's most commonly "brackets" for (), "square brackets" for [] and "curly brackets" for {}
Yeah, that's what I grew up with.
Where is it otherwise? Is bracket={} a USism? I've never been sufficiently aware to isolate the demographic.
In British English, 'brackets' means parentheses, as opposed to square brackets or curly brackets (also called braces). Maybe OP uses British English.
I'm also British, which may explain why I was able to read the GP's post first time.