--- a/ByteArray.st	Fri Sep 24 14:27:25 1999 +0200
+++ b/ByteArray.st	Fri Sep 24 15:04:22 1999 +0200
@@ -1067,6 +1067,15 @@
     "
 !
 
+decodeAsLiteralArray
+    "given a literalEncoding in the receiver,
+     create & return the corresponding object.
+     The inverse operation to #literalArrayEncoding."
+
+    ^ self
+
+!
+
 literalArrayEncoding
     "encode myself as an array literal, from which a copy of the receiver
      can be reconstructed with #decodeAsLiteralArray."
@@ -2353,5 +2362,5 @@
 !ByteArray class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/ByteArray.st,v 1.119 1999-09-21 00:28:30 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/ByteArray.st,v 1.120 1999-09-24 13:04:22 cg Exp $'
 ! !