[GROOVY-10078] Allow static variables in Scripts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Works for Me
• Component/s: Compiler
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Harald Fassler
• Created: 09/May/21 09:48
• Updated: 09/May/21 16:57
• Resolved: 09/May/21 16:57

Description

While working on GROOVY-10077 I found out, that there is actual a use case for allowing static variables in a script when executed in the same JVM instance.

One can always have a workaround like this:

class Static {
    static staticProperty = 'I am static'
}

For example groovy.console.ui.view.MacOSXMenuBar.groovy had orgininally this code:

static handler = false
if (!handler) {

...which was replaced with GROOVY-3768 by this code (and made the variable useless for the originally intented purpose):

def handler = false
if (!handler) {

Issue Links

• Discovered while testing: GROOVY-10077 Groovy Console: Support JDKs without macOS Runtime Support for Java
• relates to: GROOVY-3768 Groovy compiler allows local variables to be marked static
• relates to: GROOVY-5364 Static property reference from static context in script does not compile