Top "Scala-2.8" questions

Version 2.8 of the Scala language for the JVM.

Implicit conversion from String to Int in scala 2.8

Is there something I've got wrong with the following fragment:- object Imp { implicit def string2Int(s: String): Int = …

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What is a "context bound" in Scala?

One of the new features of Scala 2.8 are context bounds. What is a context bound and where is it useful? …

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What do <:<, <%<, and =:= mean in Scala 2.8, and where are they documented?

I can see in the API docs for Predef that they're subclasses of a generic function type (From) => To, …

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Scala foldLeft on Maps

How do you use Map.foldLeft? According to the docs it looks like foldLeft [B] (z: B)(op: (B, (A, …

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What are Scala continuations and why use them?

I just finished Programming in Scala, and I've been looking into the changes between Scala 2.7 and 2.8. The one that seems …

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Scala Map implementation keeping entries in insertion order?

In Java, I use LinkedHashMap for this purpose. The documentation of Java's LinkedHashMap is very clear that it has "predictable …

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In Scala, is there a way to take convert two lists into a Map?

I have a two lists, a List[A] and a List[B]. What I want is a Map[A,B] …

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Scala 2.8 collections design tutorial

Following on from my breathless confusion, what are some good resources which explain how the new Scala 2.8 collections library has …

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Scala: is it possible to override default case class constructor?

Just wondering if this is possible. What I would actually like to do is check and possibly modify one of …

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What's the new way to iterate over a Java Map in Scala 2.8.0?

How does scala.collection.JavaConversions supercede the answers given in Stack Overflow question Iterating over Java collections in Scala (it …

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