Scala Meeting report, 2010-02-25

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Scala Meeting 2010-02-25

Starts at 10h30 Scala Time (GMT+1).

People attending the meeting: Hubert, Eugene, Phil, Alex, Tiark, Adriaan,
Toni, Iulian, Philipp, Martin, Ingo.

* Current work
- more work on Visual Studio integration.
- specializing libraries
- working on a user's manual for actors, some fixes to scheduling
- implementing reflection library using "reflect" interface
- more Scaladoc work
- work on build manager

* 2.8.x roadmap
- continuations:
missing exceptions (should not be too much work),
ok to move into trunk soon
- immutable maps:
95% done. Can also be merged into trunk
- vector concatenation:
still pending
- parallel arrays:
missing implementation and benchmarking of parallel views
- update specification:
no progress currently
- dependent method types:
made progress, still need 2 weeks to see whether it can be
safely merged into trunk.
Might end up in trunk, but only enabled with option -Xexperimental.
- implementation of new equality:
Paul is working on it, there are still concerns about the timing.
Equality is mostly done, hashcode incomplete (naming needs to be
decided: scalaHashCode, ##, ...?)
- scaladoc:
under control. Currently no showstoppers for 2.8.0
- java 6 backend:
should be close to completion, but work is postponed
- specialize standard library:
needs some work, might not be ready in time for 2.8.0
- specialize function and tuple types:
basically done
- actors cleanups:
most important things are done, should be ready beginning
of March
- join-style actors:
improved, less boilerplate, needs more testing. Currently
low-priority
- updated specification for self-types:
pending
- small additions to build manager:
basically done. minor things remaining

We will evaluate status in two weeks, as planned, and will make a decision.