From 5215a9b60bcc554dc6e22371c2c9238bdae2eab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasily Levchenko <vasily.levchenko@jetbrains.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:00:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] STDLIB: added emptyArray()

---
 runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
index 9a21184f839..cc21eb45c71 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
@@ -2142,6 +2142,10 @@ public inline fun <reified T> Collection<T>.toTypedArray(): Array<T> {
  */
 public inline fun <reified @PureReifiable T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T): Array<T> = elements as Array<T>
 
+private val kEmptyArray = arrayOf<Any>()
+
+public fun <T> emptyArray() = kEmptyArray as Array<T>
+
 /**
  * Returns an array containing the specified [Double] numbers.
  */