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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by enlait on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @11:19AM (#11954597)
Oh you. Our codebase uses scala xml and macros; migration will be a major PITA.
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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by eugene_burmako on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @02:08PM (#11955799)
Author of Scala macros here. Here's a recent discussion on the future of macros in the brave new world of Dotty: https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/4our5m/keynote_scala....
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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by doikor on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @03:33PM (#11956387)
You will most likely get a chance of upgrading your macros into scala.meta before dotty comes out.

Also xml support as the scala-xml library will continue. Though as the xml literals are removed you have to use string interpolation (xml"<your><xml/>here</your>") which isn't as nice to use. (hopefully someone comes up with a nice DSL or something instead)

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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by pyrophane on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @12:39PM (#11955196)
By the time this becomes an issue hopefully there will be a library that acts as a drop-in replacement for scala xml, at least.
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Re:Dotty: a next generation compiler for Scala by merb on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @02:20PM (#11955897)
You will want to rewrite your macro's soon.
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