chore: Remove AsyncCollections dependency

Author: NeedleInAJayStack

Package.resolved

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ let package = Package(
     ],
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms.git", from: "1.0.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/adam-fowler/async-collections", from: "0.0.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git", from: "2.84.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ let package = Package(
             name: "AsyncDataLoader",
             dependencies: [
                 .product(name: "Algorithms", package: "swift-algorithms"),
-                .product(name: "AsyncCollections", package: "async-collections"),
             ]
         ),
         .testTarget(

Package.swift

@@ -113,19 +113,20 @@ public actor DataLoader<Key: Hashable & Sendable, Value: Sendable> {
         guard !keys.isEmpty else {
             return []
         }
-        
-        var results = [Value]()
-        results.reserveCapacity(keys.count)
+
+        // This buffer pointer allows us to initialize a pre-sized non-nullable list
+        // that we can populate by index as `load` results stream in asyncronously
+        let buffer = UnsafeMutableBufferPointer<Value>.allocate(capacity: keys.count)
         try await withThrowingTaskGroup { group in
             for (index, element) in keys.enumerated() {
                 group.addTask {
                     let result = try await self.load(key: element)
-                    results[index] = result
+                    buffer[index] = result
                 }
             }
             try await group.waitForAll()
         }
-        return results
+        return Array(buffer)
     }
 
     /// Clears the value at `key` from the cache, if it exists. Returns itself for