Kotlin M12

What's New

• Language
  • @-based annotation syntax
  • New label syntax (name@)
  • KClass instead of java.lang.Class used in annotations
  • constructor keyword in primary constructors
  • trait replaced with interface
  • New syntax for enums: delimiters and constructor calls
  • Unified Function types
  • Smart casts for local var's
  • Smart casts for public/protected val's within the same module
  • Inlining and non-local returns for function expressions
  • Deprecations/Removals:
    • break and continue in when
    • interfaces that extend classes
    • covariant supertype specialization
    • static type assertions
• Java Interop
  • Source maps (JSR-45) for better debugging of inline functions
  • Initial support for Annotation Processing (JSR-269)
  • [deprecation] Only value can be passed as positional to Java annotations
• JavaScript
  • Inlining works between modules
  • Reified parameters
  • Function expressions
  • Secondary constructors
• JUnit support in Gradle plugin for Android
• Standard Library
  • kotlin.io
  • new text utilities
  • regular expressions API unified across JVM and JS
  • new collections utilities
  • full list available here
• IntelliJ IDEA Plugin
  • Introduce Parameter
  • Introduce Lambda Parameter
  • Rename for related declarations (variables, subclasses)
  • @ReplaceWith annotation for deprecated declarations
  • Debugger
    • Evaluate expression for local functions
    • Field Watch Points (only for properties with backing field)
  • Change Package Intention
  • Highlighting exit points of functions
  • Gutter Marks for recursive calls
  • Unused receiver parameter
  • Code style settings for imports (e.g. we can now always import specified packages with '*')
  • Java2Kotlin Converter now offers to update usages in other files
  • Typing '!' when completion list is open inserts negated call (e.g. !foo.isEmpty())
  • Intention actions to change visibility modifiers
  • Intention actions have much better scope of availability now
  • Quick-fix to add parameters from the base class when the superclass' constructor has parameters

Kotlin M11.1

Bugfix update

Kotlin M11

• Language
  • Secondary constructors
  • [deprecation] init prefix for anonymous initializers
  • [deprecation] Companion Objects
  • Function Expressions
  • [deprecation] Lambda Syntax Restricted (to be extended later with multi-declarations)
  • Labeled returns without return type specification
  • Order-agnostic imports
• Reflection
  • Class Literals
  • API for retrieving properties of a class
  • API for converting java.lang.Class <-> KClass etc
• Java Interop
  • Warnings for annotated Java types
  • Int.MAX_VALUE etc
• IDE
  • Unused Declarations
  • Change Signature: receiver <-> parameter
  • Function <-> Property
  • Create From Usage: Java interop
  • Create constructor parameter from usage
  • Introduce Property
  • KDoc support
  • Optimize/sort imports
  • Debugger: Evaluate Expression
    • Lambdas
    • Anonymous objects
• Gradle
  • Java and Kotlin in the same source root
• Libraries
  • Stream renamed to Sequence
  • New API Docs
• JS
  • Binary Libraries
  • Inlining from linaries
• Android
  • kotlin-android-extensions eliminate the need in findViewById()

M10.1

Bugfix update

• Multiple fixes and performance tweaks in the IDE
• Gradle plugin now supports JavaScript
• Minor tweaks and additions to the Standard Library
• Better crash reports in the compiler

See M10 release notes here

Kotlin M10

What's new:

• Language
  • Dynamic types (supported only when compiled to JavaScript)
  • Type inference supports capture for use-site variance
  • [breaking change] Reified type parameters for inline-functions
  • [breaking change] varargs are translated to Array<out T> instead of Array<T>
• Java Interop
  • Static backing fields for properties in objects
  • [platformStatic] supported for properties
  • [native] annotation and JNI supported
  • HotSwap fixed in debugger (used to break because of lambdas)
  • Support for safe calls in assignments: a?.b = c
• JavaScript Interop
  • Dynamic types (mentioned above)
  • js("string") function to write inline JS code
  • [nativeInvoke], [nativeGetter] and [nativeSetter] annotations
  • Escaping JS-keywords in generated code
  • No "unused" warnings in native declarations
  • -no-stdlib CLI option
• Standard Library
  • [potentially breaking change] Array.size() and CharSeqence.length() are functions now
  • [potentially breaking change] CharSequence: charAt() and subsequence() introduced, get() is now an extension
  • mapIndexed, withIndex, forEachIndexed
  • [deprecation] size/length/first/head/tail/last properties
  • empty list/set/map singletons
  • comparator functions (compareBy, thenBy)
  • reified API (filterIsInstance, …)
  • componentN functions on collections: val (x, y) = “a=b”.split(“=”)
• IDE/Compiler
  • Incremental compilation in mixed Kotlin/Java projects
  • Completion inserts casts to run-time types in Evaluate Expression
  • Copy Reference supported for Kotlin classes
  • Create From Usage supports type arguments, classes and packages
  • Change Signature interoperates with Java and supports type parameters
  • Applications runner supports main() function in objects
  • Automatic stdlib updates for JS, support for using library from plugin
  • Maven projects configuration for JS
  • Code Coverage information in editor (in IntelliJ IDEA 14)
  • Completion improvements: inheritors, sorting and highlighting members
  • Performance optimizations: memory in the IDE, parsing time
• Build Tools
  • Support for new versions of Gradle and Android Studio

Kotlin M9

What's new:

• Language
  • Platform Types
  • [breaking change] Local objects prohibited
  • Non-local returns from inline functions
  • type is no longer a keyword
• JVM
  • [platformStatic] annotations
  • Byte code size improvements
  • Useless boxing/unboxing elimination
• JavaScript
  • Language features supported: delegation, callable references, Long and Char, inline functions, multiple catch-blocks
  • [breaking change] Native traits exist only at compile time
  • [breaking change] New name mangling strategy
  • [breaking change] Packages renamed: js.* and js.debug.* -> kotlin.js.*, kotlin.query.* -> jquery.*
  • [breaking change] Changes in println() behavior
• Incremental compilation in IntelliJ IDEA (experimental)
• IDE plugin changes
  • Code Duplication detection in Extract Function
  • Create From Usage
  • Completion takes IDE modules into account
  • Find Usage and Rename respect conventions for operator overloading
  • Delegated properties in debugger
  • Completion improvements
• CLI
  • [breaking change] Command Line options reworked

Kotlin M8

What's new:

• JVM
  • Reflection for properties introduced
  • Inline functions
    • Inlines into objects are supported
    • Default parameter values supported for inline functions
  • Generated code speedups
    • delegated properties work faster now
    • when's with constants are faster due to dedicated bytecode instructions used
  • breaking change Reporting platform signature clashes
    • [platformName] annotation to resolve signature conflicts
  • transient, synchronized and strictfp supported on the JVM
• JS
  • data classes supported
  • LinkedHashSet/LinkedHashMap supported
• Language
  • breaking change private in a package now means "in this package and subpackages in the same module"
  • breaking change extension properties can't have backing fields
  • breaking change Bare @ and @@ are no longer available
• Standard library
  • slice()
  • collection-like operations on strings
  • Map.contains
  • join() for rendering separated lists
  • String.substringBefore/After[Last]
  • String.replaceBefore/After[Last]
  • Appendable.appendln()
  • StringBuilder {}
  • Iterable.merge(other) { (v1,v2)→v }
  • set operations (union, intersect, subtract)
• IDE
  • IntelliJ IDEA 14 EAP supported
  • Debugger
    • Evaluate expression
    • Smart step into
  • Refactorings
    • Move toplevel declarations to separate file
    • Extract function (not finished, but some cases working)
    • Extract local function
  • Intentions
    • DeMorgan law
    • Flip binary expression (== etc)
    • Split if
    • Replace with operator sign
    • Replace with traditional assignment
    • Replace with infix call
    • Simplify boolean expressions
    • Add/Remove explicit type arguments
    • assert <-> if with throw
    • if <-> ?:
    • !! <-> if
    • make types explicit/implicit in lambda
    • forEach { } <-> for loop
    • string concatenation <-> interpolation
  • Smart completion
    • smarter on overloads
    • callable references (::functionName)
    • lambdas
    • !! and ?: for nullable members
    • anonymous classes (object expressions)
    • constants in when()
  • Formatter improved
  • Structure view shows members of supertypes
  • J2K converter improved
  • Speedups in highlighting and completion
• Support for new versions of Gradle/Android (0.10, 0.11, 0.12)

Dot Operator

Release date: April 1, 2014

What's new

• The Dot operator, as described here
  Implemented here.

Limitations:

The following things are NOT implemented:

1. The higher-order dots. I find this feature quite specific and less useful in practice so I guess it can be put off for a while
2. Dot flavours. For me this feature looks rather confusing, so I suggest reconsidering whether it's worth implementing at all

Kotlin M7

What's new:

• Language
  • Inline functions
  • [breaking change] jet package renamed to kotlin
  • [breaking change] toString(), equals() and hashCode() are now members of Any
  • References to local functions
• Interop
  • [throws] annotation for JVM target
  • Overloading supported for JS target
• Standard Library
  • [breaking change] Streams introduced
• IDE enhancements
  • Rename/move refactorings improved
  • Safe delete
  • New intention actions
  • Performance improvements

Kotlin M6.2

What's new:

• Language features
  • Tail-call optimization with [tailRecursive]
  • Constant expression evaluation
  • Suffixes for Longs and Floats: 1L and 1.0F
• Compilation to JavaScript
  • Default arguments
  • Super-constructor calls
  • Class-objects in traits
• Java Inteoperability
  • @ReadOnly and @Mutable for collections
• Android
  • Better annotations for Android SDK
• IDE
  • Support for IntelliJ IDEA 13
  • Find Usages
  • Compiler preferences
  • Smart completion (Ctrl+Shift+Space)
  • Rename from Java
  • IDE warns on misusing Kotlin APIs from Java
• Ant
  • Integration with <javac>
  • Support for compilation to JavaScript