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Saturday, February 13, 2021
A Tour of Contextual Abstractions in Scala 3
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Implicits are one of Scala's most powerful features. This single mechanism can be used in various idiomatic ways to implement a number of capabilities, like implicit conversions. One of the biggest changes in Scala 3 is a reworking of implicits to introduce new constructs that make the capabilities more intuitive, with less emphasis on a single mechanism.
The new constructs include extension methods, a new way to write type classes, given instances with using clauses, given imports, and new implicit conversions. I'll discuss how to use them, how they contrast with Scala 2 idioms, and how Scala will gradually transition to them, supporting both implicits alongside the new features for a while.
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