Sep 1, 2016.

We are pleased to announce the release of Scala.js 0.6.12!

This release exclusively contains bug fixes, and a few internal changes to support the upcoming Scala 2.12.0-RC1.

Getting started

If you are new to Scala.js, head over to the tutorial.

Release notes

If upgrading from 0.6.5 or earlier, please also read the release notes of 0.6.6, which contains some breaking changes.

As a minor release, 0.6.12 is backward source and binary compatible with previous releases in the 0.6.x series. Libraries compiled with earlier versions can be used with 0.6.12 without change. 0.6.12 is also forward binary compatible with 0.6.8 through 0.6.11, but not with earlier releases: libraries compiled with 0.6.12 cannot be used by projects using 0.6.{0-7}.

Please report any issues on GitHub.

Potentially breaking change

This release fixes #2573, which potentially constitutes a breaking change, if you relied on the previously buggy behavior. Until Scala.js 0.6.11, the behavior of java.util.regex.Pattern.split() (and consequently String.split()) was aligned with the behavior of the JDK 7. The fix for #2573 changes this behavior to align with the JDK 8. This will change the result of split() when a zero-width separator is matched at the beginning of the string.

Bug fixes

The following bugs have been fixed in 0.6.12:

• #2547 Overriding a JS native method with default parameters leads to AssertionError in the compiler
• #2553 Constructing a String from a large byte array throws “Maximum call stack size exceeded”
• #2554 Wrong codegen in the presence of pattern match + boxed value class
• #2559 Throwable constructor with cause should use the cause’s message
• #2565 java.util.Date.toString() result is missing dd part
• #2573 split("") is not identical to JVM split

You can find the full list on GitHub.