Changelog for Groovy 1.8.0-rc-2

Bug

[GROOVY-2516] - ExpandoMetaClass.class.metaClass creates StackOverflow
[GROOVY-4378] - Incorrect handling of unicode escape sequences when calculating source locations
[GROOVY-4480] - Parsing seems to have changed in 1.8
[GROOVY-4504] - Groovy compilation results in warnings in generated code
[GROOVY-4601] - Stub generator doesn't escape strings with mixed single and double quotes
[GROOVY-4695] - anonymous classes InnerClassNode has -1 for line numbers
[GROOVY-4704] - Error with null parameter in prepared statements with old DB2 driver
[GROOVY-4707] - Scripts' class nodes didn't have correct source positions
[GROOVY-4709] - @Interrupt AST transformations should not be applied on abstract methods
[GROOVY-4715] - StreamingMarkupBuilder can produce invalid xml

[GROOVY-4671] - DGM#inject can be generified
[GROOVY-4690] - Allow PrimaryClassNodeOperations to be added to CompilerConfiguration
[GROOVY-4693] - GDK groovydocs for String.padXXX are not very clear [new wording attached]
[GROOVY-4703] - Improve FactoryBuilderSupport exception messages
[GROOVY-4713] - typo( lists -> maps ) in GDK doc comment
[GROOVY-4717] - implement a way for direct method calls