Re: Eclipse plugin 2.x Scala compiler version ?

Hi Gabriel,

When the plugin is out of beta, it will be at parity with the command-line 
compiler release. 
Right now I'm fixing 
bugs which require pulling in the latest check-in of the compiler, which is 
different from the 
current Scala2 beta 
release. Perhaps my release management skills are also lacking :)

As for the plugin version, this is largely determined by the compiler version 
(updating the 
compiler in the 
plugin requires updating the plugin), so the versions will correspond, even if 
the versioning 
is different. I think 
it will be pretty difficult to use the plugin with an older version of the 
compiler. The problem 
is that the plugin 
code usually needs to be recompiled when changes are made to the compiler 
because its use 
of mixins break 
binary compatibility (at least right now). I guess we could get around this by 
using reflection, 
which would also 
make it possible to configure what compiler is being used. But reflection has 
its own 
problems. Maybe when the 
compiler is more stable, we'll have more options. 

I will include the online Scala language and library documentation in the SDT 
help plugin.

Thanks for your comments!

Sean

----- Original Message -----
From: Gabriel Riba <griba2010@xxxxxx>
Date: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:36 am
Subject: Re: Eclipse plugin 2.x Scala compiler version ?
> Well, in this case I would appreciate to find included, the 
> language reference and library docs
> specific to the embedded compiler version as we get with the 
> standard distribution.
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> We ought to know also the compiler version number, to know where we 
> are in the version changes log,
> if a specific bug  has been resolved in our version or a specific 
> feature is available,
> 
> so the plugin should have, in my humble opinion, the plugin version 
> number followed by the compiler
> version.
> 
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> Finally, some people may want, in the future, to stuck to a 
> specific version to recompile an old
> library, so it would help to find a description on how to 
> substitute the compiler with an older
> version.
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> By now, the documentation is what I lacks the most.
> 
> You could pack the docs in a zip file where the scala-compiler.jar 
> and scala-library.jar are found.
> 
> ---
> Till now I have been developing with JEdit with the Console and 
> ErrorList plugins.
> 
> The Eclipse Scala plugin, with the Content-Assist, will be a step 
> forward.
> Cheers!
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