[GROOVY-1004] List.minus() sometimes results in a list w/ elements ordered differently from the original list

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Environment: Groovy jsr02, win xp sp2, jdk 1.4.2_08
• Assignee: Kim, Pilho
• Reporter: Antti Karanta
• Created: 11/Aug/05 02:36
• Updated: 18/Aug/05 22:22
• Resolved: 18/Aug/05 22:22

Description

List.minus() almost always preserves the ordering in the original list, e.g.

[1,2,3,4] - [2,3] == [1,4]
[1,2,3,4] - [2,3] != [4,1]

This feels natural. However, this does not always work - see the included test case.