Changelog for Groovy 2.0.0-beta-1

Bug

[GROOVY-4290] - Parse error when using method call w/o parens in method-level annotation closure
[GROOVY-4658] - CLONE -problem compiling @Delegate to an interface that extends another interface (handle default args case)
[GROOVY-4812] - Problem Parsing Expression With 1.8.0
[GROOVY-4970] - Method call expression parsed differently in 1.8 compared to 1.7
[GROOVY-4988] - JsonSlurper fails to correctly parse strings containing some escaped character sequences
[GROOVY-5076] - the shorthand notation for Grab isn't working correctly
[GROOVY-5089] - Unnecessary unboxing and casting in boolean handling in generated bytecode
[GROOVY-5090] - Groovy compiler generates invalid byte code for local boolean variables that later on are referenced in a closure
[GROOVY-5102] - Unrelated changes cause BigDecimal division to return Double
[GROOVY-5112] - "A transform used a generics containing ClassNode" error messages for @Delegate
[GROOVY-5114] - String[] to Set coercion seems broken in some cases

[GROOVY-5088] - @Immutable should support java.util.UUID
[GROOVY-5095] - MetaClassRegistryChangeEventListener doesn't provide a way to get a reference to the old meta class
[GROOVY-5100] - Unnecessary castToType when boxed type subclasses or implements the target type
[GROOVY-5105] - Avoid temporary bytecode variable on simple declaration assignments
[GROOVY-5118] - Make TupleConstructor work with enums

[GROOVY-4789] - Add method on Date to parse strings created with date.toString()

[GROOVY-3014] - add an annotation that forces the compiler to check methods for their existence at compile time
[GROOVY-5081] - Handle explicit and implicit returns