Scala 2.7.3 RC2

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. Please read below for further details.

You can download Scala 2.7.3.RC2, as usual, from our Download Page. An updated Scala plugin for Eclipse is also available.

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