diff --git a/Satchmo/Array.hs b/Satchmo/Array.hs
--- a/Satchmo/Array.hs
+++ b/Satchmo/Array.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module Satchmo.Array
 
 ( Array
-, unknown, constant
+, array, unknown, constant
 , (!), elems, indices, bounds, range, assocs
 )
        
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@
 bounds (Array a) = A.bounds a
 range bnd = A.range bnd
 assocs (Array a) = A.assocs a
+array bnd kvs = Array (A.array bnd kvs)
diff --git a/satchmo.cabal b/satchmo.cabal
--- a/satchmo.cabal
+++ b/satchmo.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           satchmo
-Version:        2.9.2
+Version:        2.9.3
 
 License:        GPL
 License-file:	gpl-2.0.txt