3 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
index 396e2063..20be3f9d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
@@ -888,15 +888,14 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::getArrayAsMatrix()
 std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>
 QPDFObjectHandle::getArrayAsVector()
 {
-    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> result;
     auto array = asArray();
     if (array) {
-        array->getAsVector(result);
+        return array->getAsVector();
     } else {
         typeWarning("array", "treating as empty");
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle array treating as empty vector");
     }
-    return result;
+    return {};
 }
 
 // Array mutators
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index 3ed18bf4..9593c31f 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -172,16 +172,20 @@ QPDF_Array::at(int n) const noexcept
     }
 }
 
-void
-QPDF_Array::getAsVector(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>& v) const
+std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>
+QPDF_Array::getAsVector() const
 {
     if (sparse) {
-        int size = sp_elements.size();
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-            v.push_back(at(i));
+        std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> v;
+        v.reserve(size_t(size()));
+        for (auto const& item: sp_elements.elements) {
+            v.resize(size_t(item.first), null_oh);
+            v.push_back(item.second);
         }
+        v.resize(size_t(size()), null_oh);
+        return v;
     } else {
-        v = std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>(elements.cbegin(), elements.cend());
+        return {elements.cbegin(), elements.cend()};
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
index f4d1fc3d..df814d74 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class QPDF_Array: public QPDFValue
     }
     QPDFObjectHandle at(int n) const noexcept;
     bool setAt(int n, QPDFObjectHandle const& oh);
-    void getAsVector(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>&) const;
+    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> getAsVector() const;
     void setFromVector(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& items);
     void setFromVector(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>>&& items);
     bool insert(int at, QPDFObjectHandle const& item);