Nice work, Paul. Cheers, Daniel Sun
On 2025/08/24 05:10:51 Paul King wrote: > Dear community, > > The Apache Groovy team is pleased to announce version 5.0.0 of Apache Groovy. > Apache Groovy is a multi-faceted programming language for the JVM. > Further details can be found at the https://groovy.apache.org website. > > We are sure you'll enjoy the features in this new version of Groovy. > Your feedback on any unintentional glitches is welcome. > You can find out more details in the Groovy 5 release notes: > > https://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.html > > Some highlights: > > Broader JDK Support > > * Full compatibility with JDK 11–25. > * Many JDK 17–25 language features available for use on earlier JDKs. > > Substantial Extension Method Expansion > > * 350+ new and improved methods to boost productivity. > * Up to 10× faster array operations. > * Lazy iterator methods offering stream-like behavior without the overhead. > * New utilities beyond the standard JDK for richer out-of-the-box > functionality. > > Enhanced AST Transforms > > * New @OperatorRename transform for seamless operator overloading in > third-party libraries. > > Revamped REPL (groovysh) > > * Built on JLine 3 with cross-platform terminal support. > * Colorized syntax highlighting, intelligent output, history, and completion. > > Improved Java Interoperability > > * Pattern matching for instanceof. > * Support for JEP-512 compact source files and instance main methods. > > Modern Web Standards > > * Enhanced web content creation with both Jakarta and legacy Javax support. > > Type Checking Enhancements > > * Stronger-than-Java format string checking. > > Additional Language Goodies > > * Infinite iterator generation. > * Index variables in loops. > > This release includes 4 bug fixes/improvements since RC-1 as outlined > in the changelog: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12356185 > > There are over 600 fixes/improvements since Groovy 4. > > Sources, convenience binaries, downloadable documentation and an SDK > bundle can be found at: https://groovy.apache.org/download.html > We recommend you verify your installation using the information on that page. > > Jars are also available within the major binary repositories. > > We welcome your help and feedback and in particular want > to thank everyone who contributed to this release. > > For more information on how to report problems, and to get involved, > visit the project website at https://groovy.apache.org/ > > Best regards, > > The Apache Groovy team. >
