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package scala.collection
package immutable

import generic._
import mutable.Builder
import parallel.immutable.ParIterable

/** A base trait for iterable collections that are guaranteed immutable.
 *  $iterableInfo
 *  
 *  @define Coll immutable.Iterable
 *  @define coll immutable iterable collection
 */
trait Iterable[+A] extends Traversable[A] 
//                      with GenIterable[A]
                      with scala.collection.Iterable[A] 
                      with GenericTraversableTemplate[A, Iterable]
                      with IterableLike[A, Iterable[A]]
                      with Parallelizable[A, ParIterable[A]]
{
  override def companion: GenericCompanion[Iterable] = Iterable
  protected[this] override def parCombiner = ParIterable.newCombiner[A] // if `immutable.IterableLike` gets introduced, please move this there!
  override def seq: Iterable[A] = this
}	

/** $factoryInfo
 *  @define Coll immutable.Iterable
 *  @define coll immutable iterable collection
 */
object Iterable extends TraversableFactory[Iterable] {
  implicit def canBuildFrom[A]: CanBuildFrom[Coll, A, Iterable[A]] = new GenericCanBuildFrom[A]
  def newBuilder[A]: Builder[A, Iterable[A]] = new mutable.ListBuffer
}