Kotlin v1.8.0-RC2 released!

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Kotlin v1.8.0-RC2 has been released.

Changelog

Compiler

• KT-55357 IllegalStateException when reading a class that delegates to a Java class with a definitely-not-null type with a flexible upper bound
• KT-55068 Kotlin Gradle DSL: No mapping for symbol: VALUE_PARAMETER SCRIPT_IMPLICIT_RECEIVER on JVM IR backend
• KT-51284 SAM conversion doesn’t work if method has context receivers
• KT-55065 Kotlin Gradle DSL: Reflection cannot find class data for lambda, produced by JVM IR backend

Tools. Compiler plugins. Serialization

• KT-55340 Argument for kotlinx.serialization.UseSerializers does not implement KSerializer or does not provide serializer for concrete type

Tools. Gradle

• KT-55334 …

Link: Release Kotlin 1.8.0-RC2 · JetBrains/kotlin · GitHub