On Mon, 26 Dec 2011, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:

> Chris Muller uploaded a new version of Collections to project The Trunk:
> http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Collections-cmm.466.mcz
>
> ==================== Summary ====================
>
> Name: Collections-cmm.466
> Author: cmm
> Time: 29 November 2011, 9:26:57.286 pm
> UUID: 3a05d4e5-8c72-4b50-85a2-40eba66bc358
> Ancestors: Collections-ul.465
>
> Allow subclasses to override the internal 'array' of a HashedCollection.

Why is #arrayType on the class side? What are the practical alternatives 
of Array as #arrayType?


Levente

>
> =============== Diff against Collections-ul.465 ===============
>
> Item was added:
> + ----- Method: HashedCollection class>>arrayType (in category 'private') -----
> + arrayType
> + 	^ Array!
>
> Item was changed:
>  ----- Method: HashedCollection>>growTo: (in category 'private') -----
>  growTo: anInteger
>  	"Grow the elements array and reinsert the old elements"
>
>  	| oldElements |
>  	oldElements := array.
> + 	array := self class arrayType new: anInteger.
> - 	array := Array new: anInteger.
>  	self noCheckNoGrowFillFrom: oldElements!
>
> Item was changed:
>  ----- Method: HashedCollection>>initialize: (in category 'private') -----
>  initialize: n
>  	"Initialize array to an array size of n"
> + 	array := self class arrayType new: n.
> - 	array := Array new: n.
>  	tally := 0!
>
>
>