Seq.apply, RandomAccessSeq.apply

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/library/scala/RandomAccessSeq.scala b/src/library/scala/RandomAccessSeq.scala
index 8608456f12..7cb46393d1 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/RandomAccessSeq.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/RandomAccessSeq.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ import collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
 object RandomAccessSeq {
 
+  /** Create read only sequence of specified elements */
+  def apply[A](xs: A*): RandomAccessSeq[A] =
+    if (xs.isEmpty) empty
+    else {
+      val buffer = new ArrayBuffer[A]
+      xs copyToBuffer buffer
+      buffer.readOnly
+    }
+
   /** The empty sequence */
   val empty : RandomAccessSeq[Nothing] = new RandomAccessSeq.Projection[Nothing] {
     def length = 0
diff --git a/src/library/scala/Seq.scala b/src/library/scala/Seq.scala
index 763a2e8ec2..968d32ee57 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/Seq.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/Seq.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ object Seq {
    */
   def unapplySeq[A](x: Seq[A]): Some[Seq[A]] = Some(x)
 
+  /** Create read only sequence of specified elements */
+  def apply[A](xs: A*): Seq[A] = RandomAccessSeq(xs: _*)
+
   case class singleton[A](value: A) extends RandomAccessSeq[A] {
     override def length = 1
     override def isDefinedAt(idx: Int): Boolean = idx == 0