diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 969af06..9f5be6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        php: [8.0] # 7.2, 7.3,
+        php: [8.0, 8.1] # 7.2, 7.3,
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest] # windows-latest,
 #        include: # will not testing on php 7.2
 #          - os: 'ubuntu-latest'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1940bb5..20ab951 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -55,18 +55,6 @@ jobs:
           php kite.phar git cl prev last --style gh-release --no-merges --fetch-tags --unshallow --file changelog.md
           cat changelog.md
 
-      # https://github.com/meeDamian/github-release
-#      - name: Create release and upload assets
-#        uses: meeDamian/github-release@2.0
-#        with:
-#          gzip: false
-#          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-#          tag: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
-#          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
-#          body: |
-#              ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.CHLOGBODY }}
-#          files: kite-${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.phar
-
       # https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release
       - name: Create release and upload assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5a8f2b..fad2bc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ composer require phppkg/ini
 
 example ini:
 
-```text
+```ini
 ; comments line
 // comments line
 # comments line
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ multi-line = '''
 this is
   a multi
  line string
- '''
+'''
 
 # simple inline list array
 inlineList = [ab, 23, 34.5]
 
-# simple multi-line list array, equals the 'simpleList'
+# simple multi-line list array, equals the 'simpleList1'
 simpleList[] = 567
 simpleList[] = "some value"
 
 # simple multi-line list array
 [simpleList1]
-[] = 567
-[] = "some value"
+- = 567
+- = "some value"
 
 # simple k-v map
 [simpleMap]
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 19fb593..3b3e75e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "require": {
     "php": ">8.0",
     "ext-mbstring": "*",
-    "toolkit/stdlib":"~1.0"
+    "toolkit/stdlib":"~2.0"
   },
   "autoload": {
     "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/IniParser.php b/src/IniParser.php
index e5cca75..5bd6e92 100644
--- a/src/IniParser.php
+++ b/src/IniParser.php
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ protected function collectValue(string $key, mixed $val): void
         // in section. eg: [arrayName] -> $sectionName='arrayName'
         $section = $this->sectionName;
 
-        // is list array value. eg `[] = "arr_elem_one"`
-        if ($key === '[]') {
+        // is list array value. eg `- = "arr_elem_one"` `[] = "arr_elem_one"`
+        if ($key === '-' || $key === '[]') {
             if (!isset($this->data[$section]) || !is_array($this->data[$section])) {
                 $this->data[$section] = [];
             }
diff --git a/test/IniParserTest.php b/test/IniParserTest.php
index 495644e..a8c7b46 100644
--- a/test/IniParserTest.php
+++ b/test/IniParserTest.php
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ public function testParseIni_full(): void
 # simple inline list array
 inlineList = [ab, 23, 34.5]
 
-# simple multi-line list array, equals the 'simpleList'
+# simple multi-line list array, equals the 'simpleList1'
 simpleList[] = 567
 simpleList[] = "some value"
 
 # simple multi-line list array
 [simpleList1]
 [] = 567
-[] = "some value"
+- = "some value"
 
 # simple k-v map
 [simpleMap]
diff --git a/test/IniTestCase.php b/test/IniTestCase.php
index 6472114..ebe9de8 100644
--- a/test/IniTestCase.php
+++ b/test/IniTestCase.php
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ abstract class IniTestCase extends TestCase
      * $ret = $rftMth->invokeArgs($obj, $invokeArgs);
      * ```
      *
-     * @param string|object $class
+     * @param object|string $class
      * @param string $method
      *
      * @return ReflectionMethod
      * @throws ReflectionException
      */
-    protected static function getMethod($class, string $method): ReflectionMethod
+    protected static function getMethod(object|string $class, string $method): ReflectionMethod
     {
         $refMth = new ReflectionMethod($class, $method);
         $refMth->setAccessible(true);
diff --git a/test/testdata/.keep b/test/testdata/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000