test[jx8-android] 012 - Instantiating

"many instances in a list"
| count item array |
count := 1000.
array :=#().
self print:nil;print: #started.
self print: 'Time spent allocating ',count,' instances took ',[
	count timesRepeat: [
		item := ArrayList instance.
		item handle notNil ifTrue: [ array add: item ]
	].
	self print: 'array size=',array size,' last=',array last.
] ms,'ms.'.

See also

• test[jx8-android] 033 - ArrayList
• test[jx8-android] 013 - Numbers and Bytes