added support for Strings, arrays, sets.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/library/scalax/collection/generic/IterableTemplate.scala b/src/library/scalax/collection/generic/IterableTemplate.scala
index c2f1fadd9c..adbf5d2de7 100755
--- a/src/library/scalax/collection/generic/IterableTemplate.scala
+++ b/src/library/scalax/collection/generic/IterableTemplate.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ trait IterableTemplate[+CC[/*+*/B] <: IterableTemplate[CC, B] with Iterable[B],
    */
   def newBuilder[B]: Builder[CC, B]
 
+  /** Create a new builder for this IterableType
+   *  with a hint what that its size should be size `sizeHint`
+   */
+  def newBuilder[B](sizeHint: Int): Builder[CC, B] = newBuilder[B]
+
   /** Is this collection empty? */
   def isEmpty: Boolean = !elements.hasNext
 
@@ -542,7 +547,6 @@ b   *  @param thatElem element <code>thatElem</code> is used to fill up the
     string
   }
 
-
   /** Creates a view of this iterable @see IterableView
    */
   def view: IterableView[CC, A] = new IterableView[CC, A] { // !!! Martin: We should maybe infer the type parameters here?