list-type.go: two special constructors, MakeList() and ListFromStrigns(), added

list-type.go

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func newListA(listAny ...any) (list *ListType) {
 }
 
 func newList(listAny []any) (list *ListType) {
+	return NewList(listAny)
+}
+
+func NewList(listAny []any) (list *ListType) {
 	if listAny != nil {
 		ls := make(ListType, len(listAny))
 		for i, item := range listAny {
@@ -30,6 +34,23 @@ func newList(listAny []any) (list *ListType) {
 	return
 }
 
+func MakeList(length, capacity int) (list *ListType) {
+	if capacity < length {
+		capacity = length
+	}
+	ls := make(ListType, length, capacity)
+	list = &ls
+	return
+}
+
+func ListFromStrings(stringList []string) (list *ListType) {
+	list = MakeList(len(stringList), 0)
+	for i, s := range stringList {
+		(*list)[i] = s
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (ls *ListType) ToString(opt FmtOpt) (s string) {
 	var sb strings.Builder
 	sb.WriteByte('[')