Make default value of a "Short[]" element 0 instead of null?
<p>I have a program that creates lists and needs any assigned values to be 0.  Its been running fine when I do with <code>int[] humpty_dumpty = new int[20];</code>  but to optimize the size of the lists I set them to <code>Short[]</code> and now my program is breaking because it takes the zero's as inputs(and <code>Short[] humpty_dumpty = new Short[20];</code> is making the default value <code>null</code>).</p>

<p>Is there a way to set it to default zero without having to iterate through the entire list(I can do this via a for loop but was wondering if there was a way to make its behavior similar to int)?</p>
