Hi all, The Groovy team is happy to announce the first *release candidate of Groovy 2.3*!
The major changes between this version and the last beta include: - a simplification of the semantics of traits, by removing @ForceOverride and making it the default<http://beta.groovy-lang.org/docs/groovy-2.3.0-rc-1/html/documentation/core-traits.html#_differences_with_java_8_default_methods> - the implementation of stackable traits<http://beta.groovy-lang.org/docs/groovy-2.3.0-rc-1/html/documentation/core-traits.html#_chaining_behavior> for improved composition of behavior - a new @Builder AST transformation to generate builders for immutable classes<http://beta.groovy-lang.org/docs/groovy-2.3.0-rc-1/html/documentation/core-metaprogramming.html#_available_ast_transformations> - bug fixes on generics type inference For more details on the changes in this version, please refer to the JIRA release notes<https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=20227> . The release can be downloaded <http://groovy.codehaus.org/Download> from the usual place. We're looking forward to hearing about your feedback, and unless anything super critical arises, we're targeting an imminent final release next week! Keep on groovy-ing! -- Guillaume Laforge Groovy Project Manager Pivotal, Inc. Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts>
