Why OrdeeredCollection>>removeAll

Hi,

When I look at the code of OrderedCollection>>removeAll from de Squeak-
Web image I see:

removeAll
        "remove all elements quickly"
        self become: OrderedCollection new

It seem to me that is not a fast way of removing all element of the  
collection.
I would rather do:

removeAll

        self setCollection: (Array new: self size)

I do not see the #removeAll method in other image and by looking at  
the sender it seem that is aida who use it.

        Mth





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> When I look at the code of OrderedCollection>>removeAll from de  
> Squeak-
> Web image I see:
>
> removeAll
> "remove all elements quickly"
> self become: OrderedCollection new

I don't have such a method in my image.

Lukas

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> I do not see the #removeAll method in other image and by looking at
> the sender it seem that is aida who use it.

Aha, ok. Then you should post this to the aida mailing list. I guess  
#removeAll is implemented like this because it needs to be platform  
independent.

Lukas

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It's Aida related ...

Cédrick

2008/2/19, Lukas Renggli <[hidden email]>:

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