Why does the definition of Array.map in Scala is "throw new Error()"

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Published on 2010-05-21T19:09:02Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 19:10 UTC
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The source code of map for Array is:

override def map[B](f: A => B): Array[B] = throw new Error()

But the following works:

scala> val name : Array[String]= new Array(1)
name: Array[String] = Array(null)
scala> name(0)="Oscar"
scala> val x = name.map {  ( s: String ) => s.toUpperCase }
x: Array[java.lang.String] = Array(OSCAR)

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