Replace a couple of Hashtables in CoreLib with ConcurrentDictionary#122918
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Avoids boxing keys/values, makes things more strongly typed, and reduces some ceremony.
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Pull request overview
This PR modernizes two classes in CoreLib by replacing legacy Hashtable collections with strongly-typed ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue>, eliminating boxing/unboxing overhead and reducing code ceremony.
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- Replaced
Hashtable.Synchronized()withConcurrentDictionaryfor type safety and better performance - Simplified cache lookup patterns by using
GetOrAdd()method instead of manual check-add-lock logic - Adopted modern C# syntax (collection expressions and expression-bodied members)
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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.
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| src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Text/EncodingTable.cs | Replaced Hashtable with ConcurrentDictionary<string, int> for encoding name-to-codepage mapping; simplified lookup logic using GetOrAdd |
| src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/CurrentSystemTimeZone.cs | Replaced Hashtable with ConcurrentDictionary<int, DaylightTime> for year-to-daylight-changes caching; eliminated manual double-check locking pattern |
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Modulo copilot comments, LGTM!
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
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Avoids boxing keys/values, makes things more strongly typed, and reduces some ceremony.