ArraySeq[Int] initializes with null

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=== What steps will reproduce the problem (please be specific and use wikiformatting)? === in the interactive shell type this

scala> val a = new scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq[Int](10)
a: scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq[Int] = ArraySeq(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null)

scala> a(0) == null
<console>:7: warning: comparing values of types Int and Null using `==' will always yield false
       a(0) == null
            ^
res3: Boolean = true

scala> 

=== What is the expected behavior? ===

I would expect a specialized ArraySeq that initializes with 0 and does not use boxed Ints

val a = new scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq[Int](10)
a: scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq[Int] = ArraySeq(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)

=== What versions of the following are you using? ===

• Scala: 2.8.1
• Java: 6 64-bit
• Operating system: Linux 64-bit

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Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-4274?orig=1 Reporter: Krux (krux)

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@paulp said:

2996.