Re: [scala] Scala 2.7.3 RC1

> I tried to Update the 2.7.2-final plugin via Eclipse and it offered me a
> revision with a version of 2.8.0 - is this the correct plugin version or is
> there a dedicated update-site for the 2.7.3 branch?
>
> /Carsten
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Antonio Cunei <scala_ml@...> wrote:
>
>> Just in time for Christmas, here is the first release candidate of our
>> new Scala distribution: Scala 2.7.3 RC1. This new version is mainly
>> intended as a maintenance release: it fixes a number of bugs and
>> improves on various aspects of the existing code. There are no new
>> features, however; they are being added instead to a new development
>> branch, currently in its early stages, that will become the next major
>> Scala release sometime next year. If no particular problems are found
>> with this first release candidate, a final Scala 2.7.3 release should
>> follow in a few weeks.
>>
>> You can download Scala 2.7.3.RC1, as usual, from our Download Page:
>> http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads. An updated Scala plugin for
>> Eclipse is also available (see http://www.scala-lang.org/node/94).
>>
>> -------- WHAT IS NEW? -------------------------------------------------
>>
>> There are no new features, as this is essentially a maintenance release;
>> however, many bug fixes and other improvements are available in this
>> version, including:
>>
>>  * fixes for bugs #1460, #1467, #1461, #1464, #1454,
>>    #1382, #1374, #1402, #1379, #1375, #1241, #1263,
>>    #1235, #547, #1404, #1390, #1329, #1329, #1367,
>>    #1323, #1306, #1294, #1249, #508, #1206, #1267,
>>    #1289, #1271, #998, #1232, #1167, #1315, #820,
>>    #1083, #1257, #1264, #1358, #1514, #1541
>>  * fixed IntMap and LongMap.getOrElse
>>  * several optimisation fixes (dead-code elimination)
>>  * scaladoc fixes
>>  * deepToString fixes
>>  * fixed Queue.enqueue
>>  * ScalaSwing fixes and improvements
>>  * optimisation to Range.foreach (#1297)
>>  * fixed EOF problem with RegexParsers.phrase
>>  * fixed a problem with files vs. URLs on Windows.
>>  * fixed problem with partest-created compilers not finding
>>    scala package.
>>  * fix for testing.Show on .NET
>>  * fixes for Windows platform
>>  * fixed bug where fsc sometimes fails to start
>>  * fix memory leak in handling GC of actors
>>  * remove race condition when linking/unlinking actors
>>  * thread pool in actor runtime now uses Thread.getState()
>>    instead of timestamps on JVM 1.5, yielding substantial
>>    performance improvements
>>  * improve actor scheduling on JVM 1.4
>>  * fixes to BigDecimal
>>  * improvements to JVM 1.4 support
>>
>>
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