Changelog for Groovy 1.0.0-beta-6

Bug

[GROOVY-39] - println("Hello World") throws Error
[GROOVY-52] - script doesn't let you println from a static method
[GROOVY-121] - Closure Bracket placement bug
[GROOVY-163] - String Array Problem!
[GROOVY-313] - 'package' accessible methods not handled correctly
[GROOVY-344] - operator precedence in print and inject()
[GROOVY-351] - continue must have semicolon
[GROOVY-357] - TemplateServlet cause Template not found error
[GROOVY-383] - bad constructor in generating classes for 'loose' scripts
[GROOVY-385] - numerous primitives declaration errors in a loose function
[GROOVY-386] - continue in switch generates verificartion error
[GROOVY-388] - method signature for == operator overload
[GROOVY-391] - Mnemonics don't work correctly in SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-408] - Pattern causing java.lang.VerifyError
[GROOVY-413] - groovy shell script error messages when no args
[GROOVY-414] - Class names are not case sensitive on Mac OS X
[GROOVY-422] - groovyc doesn't check that inherited abstract methods are implemented
[GROOVY-426] - Infinite loop for n = []; println n[-1];
[GROOVY-429] - groovy doesn't load ~/.groovy/lib
[GROOVY-430] - problem with session in Groovlets
[GROOVY-454] - Ambiguous method overloading
[GROOVY-459] - DomBuilder can't create elements with just text
[GROOVY-464] - provide access to public fields if they overload properties
[GROOVY-465] - primitive type casting doesn't work
[GROOVY-468] - Type names are sometimes in .class file syntax, rather than source syntax.
[GROOVY-470] - broken link to CVS file
[GROOVY-475] - BSF integration doesn't use BSFManager's class loader
[GROOVY-480] - num.times fails in specific situation (incorrectly removed)
[GROOVY-492] - Possible NPE with GroovyClassLoader#expandClassPath
[GROOVY-495] - 'if(condition) return' causes VerifyError
[GROOVY-510] - a = b = 0 produces a Verify error
[GROOVY-513] - comparison with Integer.MIN_VALUE behaves incorrectly
[GROOVY-529] - property assignment using ["property"] doesn't work correctly
[GROOVY-531] - Strange MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-533] - Dangling meta character
[GROOVY-539] - wrong classworlds version in scripts
[GROOVY-541] - flow block inside methods causes verification errors
[GROOVY-547] - GStringTemplate executes embadded Groovy code too early
[GROOVY-549] - VerifyError when return in catch lbock
[GROOVY-553] - CLASSWORLDS_VERSION is old
[GROOVY-557] - Windows scripts have wrong CLASSWORLDS_VERSION (1.0-rc2 instead of 1.0)
[GROOVY-561] - NullPointerException in Invodker.toTypeString if arg is null
[GROOVY-567] - Groovy shell swoallows exceptions

Improvement

[GROOVY-307] - Improve addition of groovy runtime support
[GROOVY-328] - Create action without parent
[GROOVY-329] - Automatic conversion of acceleratorKey in SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-333] - Allow for custom widget types using SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-345] - Expando did not use native property
[GROOVY-437] - Support bitwise operators
[GROOVY-450] - Iterating with eachWithIndex() and reverseEachWithIndex()
[GROOVY-469] - new helper methods to convert Strings into common types (Integer, Long, Float, Double etc)
[GROOVY-478] - Build includes .groovy files in the jar archive
[GROOVY-479] - Tidy up Closure.java
[GROOVY-483] - Reduce Groovy build time on damagecontrol/beaver
[GROOVY-501] - SwingBuilder - add more components to support ButtonDemo
[GROOVY-527] - make eachLine,eachByte,eachFile take inject like each
[GROOVY-555] - Ability to run unit tests with groovy
[GROOVY-573] - remove runtime dependency on asm-util
[GROOVY-2724] - CLONE -make eachLine,eachByte,eachFile take inject like each

New Feature

[GROOVY-416] - support better stepwise iteration
[GROOVY-476] - with keyword
[GROOVY-486] - add new URL.eachLine() method for working with URLs like File objects
[GROOVY-572] - more groovy methods on InputStream. getText() to be like File / URL

Wish

[GROOVY-26] - Refactor the parser so that it can be used to parse command lines interactively
[GROOVY-187] - cleaner alternative to using static void main()
[GROOVY-415] - Please deploy groovy-xmlrpc on dist.codehaus.org