A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
The new "foreach" loop works with arrays and Iterable, but these two are treated differently and it is not possible to write a function that accepts both an array and an iterable (as does the "foreach" loop).

JUSTIFICATION :
It is cleaner and more flexible to handle iteration over arrays in exactly the same way as iteration over collections.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I would expect that this function accepts Iterable<Byte>, Byte[] and, with the help of autoboxing, also byte[]:

void dumpBytes(Iterable<Byte> bytes) {
  for( Byte b : bytes) {
  }
}

If arrays would implement Iterable this could work.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Currently you have to write 3 functions with different signature but identical implementation:

void dumpBytes(Iterable<Byte> bytes) {
  for( Byte b : bytes) {
  }
}

void dumpBytes(Byte[] bytes) {
  for( Byte b : bytes) {
  }
}

void dumpBytes(byte[] bytes) {
  for( Byte b : bytes) {
  }
}
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