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Update wikipage Void-safe changes to Eiffel libraries. (Signed-off-by:jocelyn).

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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ During the adoption of void-safety, the software libraries provided by Eiffel So
==Important changes to library classes==
===Class <code>ARRAY</code>===
===Class ARRAY===
====New preconditions====
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Some additional preconditions are in force in <code>ARRAY</code> in void-safe mo
In void-unsafe mode, the behavior is equivalent to that of previous versions.
====Feature <code>make_from_special</code>====
====Feature make_from_special====
The signature of this routine has changed.
@@ -30,30 +30,30 @@ Previous signature: <code>make_from_special (a: SPECIAL [G]; min_index, max_inde
Using the current version will create an array with a range from 1 to the number of elements in the argument `a'.
====Feature <code>auto_resize</code>====
====Feature auto_resize====
This implementation (private) feature has been removed.
===Class <code>ARRAYED_LIST</code>===
===Class ARRAYED_LIST===
====Relationship to ARRAY====
Previously <code>ARRAYED_LIST</code> conformed to <code>ARRAY</code>. This is no longer the case. The feature <code>{ARRAYED_LIST}.to_array</code> can be used to produce an instance of <code>ARRAY</code> from an instance of <code>ARRAYED_LIST</code>.
====Features <code>count</code> and <code>area</code>====
====Features count and area====
Previously these two queries were attributes. They are now functions.
Previously these two queries, <code>count</code> and <code>area</code>, were attributes. They are now functions.
===Class <code>HASH_TABLE</code>===
===Class HASH_TABLE===
The internal implementation has changed in ways that cause the order of traversal to differ from previous versions.
===Classes <code>SPECIAL</code> and <code>TO_SPECIAL</code>===
===Classes SPECIAL and TO_SPECIAL===
====Feature <code>{SPECIAL}.make</code>====
====Feature {SPECIAL}.make====
This void-unsafe feature has been removed.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ In its place, the creation procedures <code>{SPECIAL}.make_filled</code> and <co
<code>{SPECIAL}.make_empty</code> is available in ''default'' mode only.
====Feature <code>{TO_SPECIAL}.make_area</code>====
====Feature {TO_SPECIAL}.make_area====
In order to reflect the above change to class <code>SPECIAL</code>, the <code>make_area</code> feature of <code>TO_SPECIAL</code> has been removed in favor of <code>{TO_SPECIAL}.make_filled_area</code> and <code>{TO_SPECIAL}.make_empty_area</code>.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The availability of <code>{TO_SPECIAL}.make_filled_area</code> and <code>{TO_SPE
<code>{TO_SPECIAL}.make_empty_area</code> is available only in ''default'' mode.
====Relationship of feature <code>{SPECIAL}.count</code> to <code>{SPECIAL}.capacity</code>====
====Relationship of feature {SPECIAL}.count to {SPECIAL}.capacity====
In previous versions, for a particular instance of <code>SPECIAL</code> the queries <code>count</code> and <code>capacity</code> yielded the same value.