Scala 2.7.2 RC2 is now available

After several weeks of work, we are happy to announce the second
release candidate for the next version of Scala: version 2.7.2.RC2.

Scala 2.7.2.RC2 fixes the parsing of Java inner classes, and
various bugs that were found in RC1. This release candidate also
includes a new version of the Scala plugin for Eclipse. Instructions
on how to use Scala in Eclipse and other IDEs are available on the
IDE Plugins page (http://www.scala-lang.org/node/91#ide_plugins).

You can download Scala 2.7.2.RC2, as usual, from our Download Page:
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads.

The following features are new to the 2.7.2 version of Scala:

What's new?

* Generic Signatures

   The Scala compiler now generates Java's generic
   signatures, so that Scala generics are visible to Java.

* Java/Scala Combined Projects
   The compiler can now parse (but not translate) Java source
   files. This makes it possible to have mixed Java/Scala
   projects with recursive dependencies between them.
   In such a project, you can submit first all the Java and Scala
   sources to the Scala compiler. In a second step, the Java
   sources are compiled using the Scala generated .class files
   and the Scala sources are compiled again using the Java
   generated .class files.