Notable Changes

Language

• Remove support for symbol literal singleton types #6764
• Fix implicit scope implementation #6832

Metaprogramming

• Move reflection inside QuoteContext #6723
• Remove pickled type splice type tags when unpicking #6784
• Add quoted pattern type splices #6504
• Type the quoted patterns as precisely as possible #6742
• Fix #6622: Add code interpolation #6661

Organizational

• Remove 2.12 CI build #6701
• Added shapeless 3 to community build #6645
• Add issue template #6604

Feature

• String f interpolator macro #6540

Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who made this release possible 🎉

According to git shortlog -sn --no-merges 0.16.0-RC3..0.17.0-RC1 these are:

   119  Martin Odersky
   103  Nicolas Stucki
    38  Liu Fengyun
    33  Guillaume Martres
    33  Sara Alemanno
    17  Anatolii
    10  Aggelos Biboudis
     6  Miles Sabin
     5  Anatolii Kmetiuk
     4  Olivier Blanvillain
     4  Robert Stoll
     3  odersky
     2  Dale Wijnand
     2  Timothée Floure
     2  Rodrigo Fernandes
     2  James Thompson
     2  Steven Heidel
     1  Stéphane MICHELOUD
     1  bishabosha
     1  noti0na1
     1  Daniel Reigada
     1  Haemin Yoo
     1  Bunyod
     1  Deon Taljaard
     1  Ondra Pelech
     1  Jon Pretty

Reporting Bugs

If you encounter a bug, please open an issue! 🙏