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Scala 2.7.2 final

by Antonio Cunei :: Rate this Message:

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It's finally here! The new stable release of Scala is ready
for download, you can obtain the new Scala 2.7.2.final from
our download page at: http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads
Many thanks to all those who contributed code, energy, and
time towards this release, and helped us with testing and
bug fixing.
The matching Scala plugin for Eclipse is also available
for download via the Eclipse software update facility
(more at: http://www.scala-lang.org/node/94)


What'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).



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