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Mick Epstrewce, … Jasper-M11

2/6/17

Fluent style support

I'm sorry, it wasn't you :-p But you get my point. kr, Jasper

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Fluent style support

I'm sorry, it wasn't you :-p But you get my point. kr, Jasper

2/6/17

1/26/17

scala-debate shutting down soon

Hi all, As you may have noticed in the past year or so, activity has decreased on scala-debate (eg,

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scala-debate shutting down soon

Hi all, As you may have noticed in the past year or so, activity has decreased on scala-debate (eg,

1/26/17

Mark Kegel, … Matthew Pocock7

12/13/16

Pre-SIP: Extending case classes to have type members for each field

Hi Mark, The idea of creating some accessible 'type' to identify a field is IMHO a Very Good

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Pre-SIP: Extending case classes to have type members for each field

Hi Mark, The idea of creating some accessible 'type' to identify a field is IMHO a Very Good

12/13/16

martin odersky, … Naftoli Gugenheim99

12/11/16

Scope of redesigned collections

Yes, an equality typeclass is very sorely missed. However as has been discussed, there is an

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Scope of redesigned collections

Yes, an equality typeclass is very sorely missed. However as has been discussed, there is an

12/11/16

Rich Oliver, … Tomas Mikula9

11/21/16

What about a Scala Text Editor?

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Simon Schäfer <ma...@antoras.de> wrote: Getting rid of the DOM

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What about a Scala Text Editor?

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Simon Schäfer <ma...@antoras.de> wrote: Getting rid of the DOM

11/21/16

Simon Ochsenreither, … PUB Razvan Cojocaru13

11/9/16

RFC: Let's stop wasting the time of people who want to learn Scala?

or… just… http://www.tryscala.com/ … it is old, but with this approach, you could start learning

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RFC: Let's stop wasting the time of people who want to learn Scala?

or… just… http://www.tryscala.com/ … it is old, but with this approach, you could start learning

11/9/16

Travis Parks, … Marconi7

10/27/16

Turning off Predef

Try $ scalac -help $ scalac -X $ scalac -Y You are going to discover quite a few goodies there.

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Turning off Predef

Try $ scalac -help $ scalac -X $ scalac -Y You are going to discover quite a few goodies there.

10/27/16

Michael Slinn, … Adriaan Moors32

10/27/16

Scala Individual CLA

This thread is not going to reach EPFL's legal department. We are talking to Miles, Sam and

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Scala Individual CLA

This thread is not going to reach EPFL's legal department. We are talking to Miles, Sam and

10/27/16

Petr Novak, Justin du coeur6

10/22/16

Whould it make sense to remove Context bound syntax and implicitly and support ad-hoc directly by T<: U?

But it would probably lead to some issues of the same kind as multiple inheritance. Typeclasses from

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Whould it make sense to remove Context bound syntax and implicitly and support ad-hoc directly by T<: U?

But it would probably lead to some issues of the same kind as multiple inheritance. Typeclasses from

10/22/16

Simon Schäfer, … Adriaan Moors27

10/21/16

The power to believe or why fixing root issues matters

Simon, I've read everything you've written in your long goodbye note (or in your own words:

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The power to believe or why fixing root issues matters

Simon, I've read everything you've written in your long goodbye note (or in your own words:

10/21/16

Bhavishya Pohani, … Dean Wampler13

10/16/16

Starting a spark room linked with scala/scala room on gitter

Okay, I created a Gitter channel for this purpose: https://gitter.im/spark-scala/Lobby On Thursday,

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Starting a spark room linked with scala/scala room on gitter

Okay, I created a Gitter channel for this purpose: https://gitter.im/spark-scala/Lobby On Thursday,

10/16/16

10/16/16

TypeTag equality and application to KMap

Hi, my first question is, is it well defined to compare TypeTags for equality? Is it correct to

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TypeTag equality and application to KMap

Hi, my first question is, is it well defined to compare TypeTags for equality? Is it correct to

10/16/16

Owen, … Daniel Armak3

10/12/16

How about a "case trait"?

You would need a cooperation protocol for equals/hashCode and copy() when several such case traits,

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How about a "case trait"?

You would need a cooperation protocol for equals/hashCode and copy() when several such case traits,

10/12/16

Travis Parks, ARKBAN3

9/22/16

Simulating IEqualityComparer using Implicits

I think (and I could be wrong) that the typical practice in Scala is to use a case class as the Map

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Simulating IEqualityComparer using Implicits

I think (and I could be wrong) that the typical practice in Scala is to use a case class as the Map

9/22/16

Anthony Cros, Koert Kuipers3

9/20/16

Blog post: turning Scala code into Spark

Thanks for the feedback, Koert! I think in the future I'll try and use a more comprehensive

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Blog post: turning Scala code into Spark

Thanks for the feedback, Koert! I think in the future I'll try and use a more comprehensive

9/20/16

ExScala :(, … Naftoli Gugenheim27

9/6/16

Reasons that cause migration away from Scala - feedback

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:47 PM Robert Kohlenberger <kohl...@comcast.net> wrote: Have thought

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Reasons that cause migration away from Scala - feedback

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 5:47 PM Robert Kohlenberger <kohl...@comcast.net> wrote: Have thought

9/6/16

Asher, Seth Tisue2

8/29/16

What github api wrapper would you recommend?

Use something more complete or polished if it exists, but if you don't find something like that,

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What github api wrapper would you recommend?

Use something more complete or polished if it exists, but if you don't find something like that,

8/29/16

Eugene Burmako2

8/22/16

Pre-SIP: Inline/meta

The correct link for discussion is: https://gitter.im/scalameta/sips. On Monday, August 22, 2016 at

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Pre-SIP: Inline/meta

The correct link for discussion is: https://gitter.im/scalameta/sips. On Monday, August 22, 2016 at

8/22/16

Andy Sardina, … Petr Novak4

8/22/16

What "<%" means?

In Scala you need to understand these magical symbols and terms: - "type bounds", symbols:

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What "<%" means?

In Scala you need to understand these magical symbols and terms: - "type bounds", symbols:

8/22/16

7/12/16

SIP Meeting July 13th

Hello everyone, The new SIP process will be presented this Wednesday, 13th July. We'll discuss it

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SIP Meeting July 13th

Hello everyone, The new SIP process will be presented this Wednesday, 13th July. We'll discuss it

7/12/16

Mark Kegel, … Jasper-M4

7/7/16

pre-SIP discussion: getting all matching implicits

And how would that be implemented then? Op donderdag 7 juli 2016 05:53:39 UTC+2 schreef Mark Kegel:

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pre-SIP discussion: getting all matching implicits

And how would that be implemented then? Op donderdag 7 juli 2016 05:53:39 UTC+2 schreef Mark Kegel:

7/7/16

7/7/16

Scala Symposium 2016 Call For Papers (and talks)

Hi everyone, The abstract submission for the Scala Symposium 2016 is just 10 days away! We're

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Scala Symposium 2016 Call For Papers (and talks)

Hi everyone, The abstract submission for the Scala Symposium 2016 is just 10 days away! We're

7/7/16

Owen, som-snytt3

7/6/16

Why is an accessor required when defining an assignment method?

Huh. That's really weird. I suppose implicit conversions and mutability will always be a little

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Why is an accessor required when defining an assignment method?

Huh. That's really weird. I suppose implicit conversions and mutability will always be a little

7/6/16

Dickon Field, pagoda_5b2

6/5/16

Scala Documentation Project

Did you look at http://docs.scala-lang.org? Is it what you were looking for? Ivano On Thursday, June

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Scala Documentation Project

Did you look at http://docs.scala-lang.org? Is it what you were looking for? Ivano On Thursday, June

6/5/16

Craig Tataryn, … Naftoli Gugenheim6

5/30/16

Need for `implicit` keyword on parameters

Just the keyword before parameter. The argument for this keyword placement seems to have to do with

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Need for `implicit` keyword on parameters

Just the keyword before parameter. The argument for this keyword placement seems to have to do with

5/30/16

David Hagen, … martin odersky13

5/17/16

Source of Scala's Undeciability

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Luke Vilnis <lvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Contravariance

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Source of Scala's Undeciability

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Luke Vilnis <lvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Contravariance

5/17/16

Jxtps, … Ahmad Salim Al-Sibahi10

4/27/16

SIP suggestion: Add a This type to allow superclass method to return subclass type

I didn't notice since I have access to ACM Digital Library. Here is a link to earlier related

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SIP suggestion: Add a This type to allow superclass method to return subclass type

I didn't notice since I have access to ACM Digital Library. Here is a link to earlier related

4/27/16

joet...@gmail.com, … Craig Tataryn15

4/26/16

7 reasons Scala is better than Java...

:eyeroll: On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:04 PM -0700, "Dennis Haupt" <d.ha...@gmail.com>

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7 reasons Scala is better than Java...

:eyeroll: On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:04 PM -0700, "Dennis Haupt" <d.ha...@gmail.com>

4/26/16

boris....@gmail.com, … Simon Schäfer5

3/31/16

Why does foldLeft not support operator syntax?

I see. However, the problem could be mitigated with explicit type annotation if the compiler can'

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Why does foldLeft not support operator syntax?

I see. However, the problem could be mitigated with explicit type annotation if the compiler can'

3/31/16

Simon Ochsenreither, … som-snytt28

2/19/16

FAQ: Why does Scala use "i: Int" syntax instead of "Int i"?

I'm pretty sure Scala syntax was devised to make it possible to migrate from Java but impossible

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FAQ: Why does Scala use "i: Int" syntax instead of "Int i"?

I'm pretty sure Scala syntax was devised to make it possible to migrate from Java but impossible

2/19/16

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