Hi All,

�� �� currently the following slots in the specialObjectsArray are unused in both Squeak and Pharo (& I suspect Cuis).

newArray at: 32 put: nil. "was the prototype Float"
newArray at: 33 put: nil. "was the prototype 4-byte LargePositiveInteger"
newArray at: 34 put: nil. "was the prototype Point"

The specialObjectsArray already contains ByteArray
newArray at: 27 put: ByteArray.

I would like to have a full set of little-endian unsigned integer arrays.�� In Spur Squeak these are ByteArray, DoubleByteArray, WordArray (Bitmap is big endian), and DoubleWordArray.�� The VM's at:[put:] directly supports these four at the JIT level giving us efficient unsigned access.�� There is also efficient signed access for some signed arrays but these are less useful (at least in theVM simulator).

I want to make all four unsigned integer array classs available to plugins etc via the interpreterProxy.�� So here's a formal request to reserve these values for use as follows:
newArray at: 27 put: ByteArray.
...
newArray at: 32 put: DoubleByteArray.
newArray at: 33 put: WordArray.
newArray at: 34 put: DoubleWordArray.

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best,��Eliot