Re: [scala] Scala 2.7.3 final

We are glad to announce the new stable release of Scala! You can
obtain the new Scala 2.7.3.final from our Download Page. This version
is a maintenance release, which fixes several bugs and is mainly
oriented towards stability; new features are being developed, and
will become available, in our future Scala 2.8 release.

You can download Scala 2.7.3 final, as usual, from our Download Page:
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads. The corresponding 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, #1624, #1112,
   #1620, #1070, #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