A new release candidate is ready: Scala 2.7.2.RC6 is ready
for download. This latest candidate fixes just a couple of
minor issues that emerged after RC5, and at this time we are
hoping for a final release very shortly. You can download
the new Scala 2.7.2.RC6, as usual, from our download page
at:
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloadsWhat's new in Scala 2.7.2?
* Generic Signatures
The Scala compiler now generates Java's generic
signatures, so that Scala generics are visible to Java.
* Java/Scala Combined Projects
The compiler can now parse (but not translate) Java source
files. This makes it possible to have mixed Java/Scala
projects with recursive dependencies between them.
In such a project, you can submit first all the Java and Scala
sources to the Scala compiler. In a second step, the Java
sources are compiled using the Scala generated .class files
and the Scala sources are compiled again using the Java
generated .class files.
* ScalaSwing
Another major addition is the first beta version of the
ScalaSwing library, which is now bundled with the distribution.
* Scala Collections
There are new implementations of collection classes, contributed
by David MacIver: IntMap, LongMap, and TreeHashMap (immutable),
ArrayStack and OpenHashMap (mutable).
