Scala 2.8.1 RC1发布了

我们非常高兴地宣布第一个新的Scala候补发行版：Scala2.8.1RC1，现在可以从我们的下载页面下载了。这是一个修订版本；几个的Bug已经修复了，同时也改进其他的性能。新版本注重二进制同现有的Scala2.8.0的兼容。  请帮我们测试这个候补发行版，并让我们知道任何您发现的问题，或者任何您可能遇到的有关二进制兼容性问题。在Scala2.8.1中您可以找到一些改进。 Scala 2.8.1 发布  发行此次版本主要是为了提供测试的，不适合生产环境。为了让开发者和测试员发送他们的反馈给我，我们将花近两周的时候才能发布最终的版本。   什么新特征？  Scala2.8.1修复很多的bug，列写如下：    Ticket Summary #36 When a val overrides an abstract var #254 Scaladoc and val (constructor args and lazy) #577 scaladoc for case class fields #742 Assertion error on compilation #1220 Stream.cons result not thread-safe #1445 Scaladoc does not seem to correctly report singleton types #1693 Implicit conversion ambiguity #1766 Primary constructor does not initialize structural type when auxiliary constructors are present #2318 Structural method is dispatched on non-public member when overriding public member #2331 Assertion Error Erasure$Eraser.cast(Erasure.scala:442) #2413 Types$TypeError when using inherited method from Java with repeated parameters #2416 Unsound higher order typing #2462 Better error messages for implicits #2464 'class file is broken' error when extending Java static inner classes #2799 spurious warning for deprecated case class #3105 parameters with default values not distinguished #3193 "Self" escapes SynchronizedMap #3209 scalac crash on (invalid) input file with an annotation on package declaration #3247 incorrect error message compiling trait with view bound #3249 java generic signature should not refer to type parameters of enclosing method (partial fix) #3361 NullPointerException in REPL when using DoubleLinkedList #3374 error in kind checking: higher-order type parameters #3399 IndexOutOfBoundsException on search for implicit =:= #3403 Compiler error with renamed BeanProperty import #3414 Option.empty #3419 kind conformance and separate compilation #3435 Compiler crash with TypeError during SpecializeTypes #3461 Scala doc for List.sliding is incorrect #3468 dated spec references to ByNameFunction #3477 upper bound on type parameter leads inferencer to wrong arity #3486 No Java Signature for mixed-in generic methods #3493 The result of scala.collection.immutable.TreeSet[A]#toString should be sorted #3494 Parameterizing varargs method on singleton type crashes scalac #3495 Cannot pass Java properties containing ':' #3496 Stream.splitAt does not terminate #3497 assertion failed in getPrimitive #3502 Stream.range regression in Scala 2.8.0 (works with Scala 2.7.7) #3507 assertion failure in mkAttributedQualifier #3508 Stream.tabulate creates an infinite stream #3519 Recent nsc change breaks AppEngine compatibility (partial fix) #3521 Java annotation with negative double value causes error #3540 TraversableFactory.iterate is too aggressive #3543 Java annotations restriction; error message could be improved #3548 scala.MatchError on code completion of a Tuple #3551 jvm/actor-executor2 test fails very rarely due to incorrect use of j.u.c.Executor #3570 Compiler crash in a small code #3580 TraversableLike.toStream loops #3582 Higher order type parameter results in implicit search failure #3584 Random.shuffle not usable with Random objects initialized from a non-default seed #3603 Integrate IntMap / LongMap into 2.8 collections #3604 Compiler crash: XML parsing: <div></abbr> #3605 No JSON Serializer in scala.util.parsing.json #3612 Inner object does not conform to self-type #3615 Enum with duplicate ordinal throws AssertionError #3616 Enumeration.values is confused by methods returning Val instances #3618 ill-formed type application with type constructors #3622 Compiler crash with Java repeated parameters #3627 ClassFormatError for specialized class extending specialized trait #3629 Bring LinkedBlockingQueue up-to-date #3631 java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException while compiling xhtml1-strict.scala #3636 scala.MatchError with Specialization #3645 Stream.tabulate creates an infinite constant stream #3648 VerifyError with named constructor parameter with default value #3649 scalac crashes after reporting name clash between val and companion object #3650 specialization incorrectly searches for specialized variants #3653 Repetitive method name/signature in class file #3663 IllegalAccessError when using package proptected members of a Java class #3667 Java Serialization Issue with Nested Class and Default Parameter #3676 Compiler crash when trying to implement a custom view #3679 scalac memory leak with NoPhase #3684 ArrayBuilder.ensureSize can resize twice #3685 field type inference fails when using named arguments with same name #3688 JavaConversions.asMap can't be used a a view bound due to overloading #3691 Compiler crash accessing higher kinded type in refinement #3692 Infinite loop when compiling a simple manifest test #3697 compile error applying curried method with repeated and default parameters #3709 performance: use of implicit conversion to RichInt in ResizableArray wasteful #3716 illegal characters in msil source causes compilation failure #3717 ScalaSigParser in scalap doesn't use the new format #3726 Blocks with application of a function-typed variable are seen as pure #3728 Wrong generic Java signature for methods with Array[T] parameters #3729 stack traces on file not found #3737 scaladoc for Option is wrong in places, could use examples #3750 No package-level scaladoc for the scala package #3751 Update/improve scala.Array's scaladoc #3756 Incongruous Java Class File / Package Crashes Scala Compiler #3757 No error given when abstract base class is not fully implemented #3763 type inference causes ClassCastException: Arrays are not ScalaObjects #3765 Incorrect Position with /r/n Delimiters #3766 Performance: ArrayBuffer.sizeHint could directly call arraycopy rather than Array.copy #3767 Array.copy needs review #3769 Compiler UnsupportedOperationException: Position.point when parsing ill-formed XML #3772 companions and method-owned case classes (partial fix) #3773 Missing deprecation warning #3774 scalac hang on innocent looking source (partial fix) #3776 scalac silently hangs while compiling (possibly with implicits) #3777 type constructor inference should normalize to improve unification #3779 @specialized collides with Manifest #3780 cyclic reference when compiling sources using build manager #3786 Improve scaladoc of scala.xml.pull #3793 Improve scaladoc of scala.collection package and link to the new Guide #3803 Specialization with function object causes null reference     还有，这个版本包含很多小的改进和修复，请注意一下Scaladoc.  此文未经许可不得转载/转发 Scala中文