[PATCH] Implement a noop clear() for Collections#EMPTY_LIST

[Paul Sandoz]

Hi Naufal,

Thanks for looking at this.

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Thanks,
Paul.

> On 22 May 2016, at 12:10, Mohamed Naufal <naufal11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A call to clear() on Collections#EMPTY_LIST is currently redirected to
> AbstractList#clear(), which performs a bunch of checks and creates a
> ListItr object, all of which is unnecessary for an EmptyList.
> 
> PFA a patch that implements a noop clear() for EmptyList.
> 
> Thanks,
> Naufal
> <EmptyList_clear.diff>