Alex Rivera | Logout

Scala: binary incompatibility between releases

Asked 2010-01-12T23:32:03.533
21

Why is Scala binary incompatible between different releases?

scala binary-compatibility
Edit
Report

1 Answer

5

Here's background on this, straight from Odersky, if you want to understand the specific language issues that cause problems:

http://www.scala-lang.org/node/9346

It's worth reading in conjunction with this post from David Pollack if you are new to the issue and want to understand the impact this can have on applications:

http://lift.la/scalas-version-fragility-make-the-enterprise

answered 2011-12-07T22:53:33.357

Your Answer