Scala 2.7.3 RC2

[Antonio Cunei]

Once again, a new release candidate for the next version of Scala
is available: Scala 2.7.3.RC2. This release candidate is almost
identical to the previous RC1, except for a couple of last-minute
bug fixes. We expect a final release very shortly. Scala 2.7.3 is
a maintenance release, while work progresses towards the upcoming
Scala 2.8.

You can download Scala 2.7.3.RC2, 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, #1624, #1620,
     #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

[Christos KK Loverdos]

Hi Toni!

It is always a pleasure to get a newest, better version of Scala.

Just one note: Are you accumulating changes from RC1 too? Reading the list below, it seemed like a dejavu :) If yes, (sorry my memory fails me right now) IMHO it might be better to list just the RC2-RC1 diff.

Christos

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Antonio Cunei <scala_ml@...> wrote:

Once again, a new release candidate for the next version of Scala
is available: Scala 2.7.3.RC2. This release candidate is almost
identical to the previous RC1, except for a couple of last-minute
bug fixes. We expect a final release very shortly. Scala 2.7.3 is
a maintenance release, while work progresses towards the upcoming
Scala 2.8.

You can download Scala 2.7.3.RC2, 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, #1624, #1620,
   #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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