Scala 2.7.3 RC2

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@cunei.com> 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, #4e4e4e, #1404, #1390, #1329, #1329, #1367,
   #1323, #1306, #1294, #1249, #282828, #1206, #1267,
   #1289, #1271, #979797, #1232, #1167, #1315, #3c3c3c,
   #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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-\ <,       Christos KK Loverdos
(*)/ (*)      http://ckkloverdos.com

Christos,

the list includes all the changes since 2.7.2 final. The exact changes with
respect to 2.7.3.RC1 are the following:

* fix for #1624 (regression due to a bug in scala.io.BufferedSource)
* fix for #1620 (XML serialization generates malformed DOCTYPE)
* partest improvements
* fixed bug in scala.util.parsing.combinator.JavaTokenParsers which
can cause incorrect parsing of floating point numbers
* minor fixes to build files

Toni

Christos KK Loverdos wrote:
> 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 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, #4e4e4e, #1404, #1390, #1329, #1329, #1367,
>> #1323, #1306, #1294, #1249, #282828, #1206, #1267,
>> #1289, #1271, #979797, #1232, #1167, #1315, #3c3c3c,
>> #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
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Antonio Cunei schrieb:
> * fixes for bugs

What happened to #1070, which according to trac was fixed in an unreleased
version three months ago?

- Florian

The fix for #1070 appeared in revision 16308, and is also included in this
release. A test designed to prevent this bug from reoccurring has been
included in our testing suite (in pos/annotations.scala).
Toni

Florian Hars wrote:
> Antonio Cunei schrieb:
>> * fixes for bugs
>
> What happened to #1070, which according to trac was fixed in an unreleased
> version three months ago?
>
> - Florian
>
>