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Kotlin 1.7.20-RC

Changelog

Compiler

• KT-53739 Builder inference, extension hides members
• KT-53733 Kotlin/Native: update source documentation for the new default memory manager
• KT-53667 Compiler crashes on attempt to alloc a string on the stack in new MM
• KT-53480 Internal error in file lowering: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.android.systemui.R$string
• KT-52843 Compose: NPE at Parameters.getParameterByDeclarationSlot if inline function with default arguments takes a lambda which captures value class represented by Long
• KT-51868 JVM / IR: Inconsistent behaviour between lambda expression and SAM interface conversion for the same interface
• KT-53475 Kotlin/Native for iOS: "IllegalArgumentException: Sequence has more than one element"

Libraries

• KT-52910 Provide visit extension functions for java.nio.file.Path
• KT-52909 Implement a walk extension function for java.nio.file.Path

Native

• KT-53346 MPP project with kotlinx-serialization-json:1.4.0-RC is not built

Native. C and ObjC Import

• KT-53373 Native: @​ExportObjCClass doesn't work with the new memory manager

Native. Runtime

• KT-53534 Kotlin/Native: -Xruntime-logs=gc=info flag doesn't work with compiler caches in 1.7.20-beta

Tools. Gradle

• KT-53670 Gradle: Cyclic dependency between kotlin-gradle-plugin-idea-1.7.20-Beta and kotlin-gradle-plugin-idea-proto-1.7.20-Beta
• KT-53615 Gradle: Fix deprecation warnings in CleanableStoreImpl
• KT-53118 Fully up-to-date builds are slower with Kotlin 1.7.0

Tools. Gradle. Cocoapods

• KT-53337 Add warning about future changing default linking type of framework provided via cocoapods plugin

Tools. Incremental Compile

• KT-53266 Increment Compilation: "IllegalStateException: The following LookupSymbols are not yet converted to ProgramSymbols" when changing companion object constant field
• KT-53231 New IC reports build failures for missing classpath snapshots

Tools. Kapt

• KT-52761 Kotlin 1.7.0 breaks kapt processing for protobuf generated java sources

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1.7.0

Analysis API. FIR

• KT-50864 Analysis API: ISE: "KtCallElement should always resolve to a KtCallInfo" is thrown on call resolution inside plusAssign target
• KT-50252 Analysis API: Implement FirModuleResolveStates for libraries
• KT-50862 Analsysis API: do not create use site subsitution override symbols

Analysis API. FIR Low Level API

• KT-50729 Type bound is not fully resolved
• KT-50728 Lazy resolve of extension function from 'kotlin' package breaks over unresolved type
• KT-50271 Analysis API: get rid of using FirRefWithValidityCheck

Backend. Native. Debug

• KT-50558 K/N Debugger. Error is not displayed in variables view for catch block

Compiler

New Features

• KT-26245 Add ability to specify generic type parameters as not-null
• KT-45165 Remove JVM target version 1.6
• KT-27435 Allow implementation by delegation to inlined value of inline class
• KT-47939 Support method references to functional interface constructors
• KT-50775 Support IR partial linkage in Kotlin/Native (disabled by default)
• KT-51737 Kotlin/Native: Remove unnecessary safepoints on watchosArm32 and iosArm32 targets
• KT-44249 NEW_INFERENCE_NO_INFORMATION_FOR_PARAMETER with type usage in higher order function

Performance Improvements

• KT-48233 Switching to JVM IR backend increases compilation time by more than 15%
• KT-51699 Kotlin/Native: runtime has no LTO in debug binaries
• KT-34466 Use optimized switch over enum only when all entries are constant enum entry expressions
• KT-50861 FIR: Combination of array set convention and plusAssign works exponentially
• KT-47171 For loop doesn't avoid boxing with value class iterators (JVM)
• KT-29199 'next' calls for iterators of merged primitive progressive values are not specialized
• KT-50585 JVM IR: Array constructor loop should use IINC
• KT-22429 Optimize 'for' loop code generation for reversed arrays
• KT-50074 Performance regression in String-based 'when' with single equality clause
• KT-22334 Compiler backend could generate smaller code for loops using range such as integer..array.size -1
• KT-35272 Unnecessary null check on unsafe cast after not-null assertion operator
• KT-27427 Optimize nullable check introduced with 'as' cast

Fixes

• KT-46762 Finalize support for jspecify
• KT-51499 @​file:OptIn doesn't cover override methods
• KT-52037 FIR: add error in 1.7.0 branch if run with non-compatible plugins

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