Announcing Scala.js 1.4.0. #535
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| ## Dynamic module loading | ||
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| In Scala.js 1.3.0, we had introduced [module splitting support]({{ BASE_PATH }}/doc/project/module.html#module-splitting). | ||
| Scala.js 1.4.0 goes one step further with dynamic module loading. |
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Might be worth mentioning that dynamic module loading works with any splitting mode and with any number of entry points.
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Good point. I added a sentence at the end of the paragraph.
| This happens because `x.getClass()` returns the smallest numeric type that can hold the value `5`, i.e., `java.lang.Byte`. | ||
| The previous implementation of `isAssignableFrom` would return `true` for `classOf[j.l.Integer].isAssignableFrom(classOf[j.l.Byte])`, but it now returns `false`. | ||
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| The above idiom can be fixed by advantageously replacing `isAssignableFrom` by `isInstance`: |
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I'm a bit thrown off by the usage of "advantageously" here. Would simply omitting it be acceptable?
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| As a reminder, libraries compiled with 0.6.x cannot be used with Scala.js 1.x; they must be republished with 1.x first. | ||
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| ## Fixes with compatibility concerns |
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I wonder if the following need mentioning (probably not, just want to point it out):
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No, I don't think so. I've added scala-js/scala-js#4212 to the list of issues at the end, though.
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| As a reminder, libraries compiled with 0.6.x cannot be used with Scala.js 1.x; they must be republished with 1.x first. | ||
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| ## Fixes with compatibility concerns |
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No, I don't think so. I've added scala-js/scala-js#4212 to the list of issues at the end, though.
| This happens because `x.getClass()` returns the smallest numeric type that can hold the value `5`, i.e., `java.lang.Byte`. | ||
| The previous implementation of `isAssignableFrom` would return `true` for `classOf[j.l.Integer].isAssignableFrom(classOf[j.l.Byte])`, but it now returns `false`. | ||
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| The above idiom can be fixed by advantageously replacing `isAssignableFrom` by `isInstance`: |
| ## Dynamic module loading | ||
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| In Scala.js 1.3.0, we had introduced [module splitting support]({{ BASE_PATH }}/doc/project/module.html#module-splitting). | ||
| Scala.js 1.4.0 goes one step further with dynamic module loading. |
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Good point. I added a sentence at the end of the paragraph.
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