--- a/Collection.st	Tue Feb 18 03:47:42 2014 +0100
+++ b/Collection.st	Tue Feb 18 12:12:11 2014 +0100
@@ -1649,6 +1649,17 @@
     ^ anIntegerArray
 !
 
+asKeysAndValues
+    "return a Dictionary with the receiver's associations as key->value pairs
+     using each element's key as dictionary key and value as dictionary value."
+
+    ^ Dictionary withAssociations:self
+
+    "
+     { 10->'ten' . 20->'twenty' . 30->'thirty'} asKeysAndValues 
+    "
+!
+
 asList
     "return a new List with the receiver collection's elements"
 
@@ -5397,11 +5408,11 @@
 !Collection class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Collection.st,v 1.327 2014-02-13 21:02:35 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Collection.st,v 1.328 2014-02-18 11:12:11 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Collection.st,v 1.327 2014-02-13 21:02:35 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Collection.st,v 1.328 2014-02-18 11:12:11 cg Exp $'
 ! !