Tag: kotlin

The Kotlin 1.8.0 release is out and here are some of its biggest highlights:

New experimental functions for JVM: recursively copy or delete directory content
Improved kotlin-reflect performance
New -Xdebug compiler option for better debugging experience
kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 and kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 merged into kotlin-stdlib
Improved Objective-C/Swift interoperability
Compatibility with Gradle 7.3

[https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/01/kotlin-1-8-0-released/]

Kotlin News: 1.8.0-Beta, Advent of Code, Multiplatform Webinars, Developer Survey Results, and More
[https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2022/11/kotlin-news-oct-nov-22/]

The Kotlin 1.7.20 release is out! Here are some highlights from this release:

• The new Kotlin K2 compiler supports all-open, no-arg, Lombok, and other compiler plugins.
• We introduced the preview of the ..< operator for creating open-ended ranges.
• The new Kotlin/Native memory manager is enabled by default.
• We introduced a new experimental feature for JVM: inline classes with generic underlying type.
• We announced support for Gradle 7.1.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2022/09/kotlin-1-7-20-released/