Language Versions

The default Scala language version currently supported by the Dotty compiler is 3.0. There are also other language versions that can be specified instead:

• 3.1: A preview of changes introduced in the next version after 3.0. Some Scala-2 specific idioms will be dropped in this version. The feature set supported by this version will be refined over time as we approach its release.

• 3.0-migration: Same as 3.0 but with a Scala 2 compatibility mode that helps moving Scala 2.13 sources over to Scala 3. In particular, it

  • flags some Scala 2 constructs that are disallowed in Scala 3 as migration warnings instead of hard errors,
  • changes some rules to be more lenient and backwards compatible with Scala 2.13
  • gives some additional warnings where the semantics has changed between Scala 2.13 and 3.0
  • in conjunction with -rewrite, offer code rewrites from Scala 2.13 to 3.0.
• 3.1-migration: Same as 3.1 but with additional helpers to migrate from 3.0. Similarly to the helpers available under 3.0-migration, these include migration warnings and optional rewrites.

There are two ways to specify a language version.

• With a -source command line setting, e.g. -source 3.0-migration.
• With a scala.language import at the top of a compilation unit, e.g:

package p
import scala.language.`3.1`

class C { ... }

Language imports supersede command-line settings in the compilation units where they are specified. Only one language import is allowed in a compilation unit, and it must come before any definitions in that unit.