Scala 2.8 Documentation

The 2.8 release of the Scala compiler and tools introduced a large number of new features and facilities. In order to make it easier to find the related information, this page collects several articles that appeared on this website concerning Scala 2.8.
 

What's new in Scala 2.8

These articles were written after the release of Scala 2.8, and describe the most up-to-date implementation of these features. Each link will take you to the corresponding article.

• The Architecture of Scala Collections
• Package Objects
• Actors API
• The scala.swing package
• Collections API
• Type Constructor Inference
• Chained Package Clauses

A Taste of 2.8

These articles were written in the period prior to the actual release of 2.8, and may contain information that is complementary to the one above.

• Continuations
• The Interactive Interpreter (REPL)
• Named and Default Arguments
• Scala Collections

Other information

You can also find documents that are specifically about the 2.8 release of Scala in the SID Library. Of particular relevance are the following:

• Named and Default Arguments
• Scala Compiler Phase and Plug-In Initialization for Scala 2.8
• Scala 2.8 Arrays
• Scala Specialization

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