[GROOVY-114] use of 'class' as a property in named-property calling syntax

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-3
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: James Strachan
• Created: 08/Jan/04 07:39
• Updated: 12/Jan/04 08:03
• Resolved: 12/Jan/04 08:03

Description

The following works

groovy> foo = new Expando()
groovy> foo.class = { println("Called with ${it}") }
groovy> foo.class("hey!")
groovy>
Called with hey!

however the following fails

groovy> foo = new Expando(foo:123, class:'hello')
groovy> foo
groovy>
Caught: org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.UnexpectedTokenException: null:1: <identifier> expected but found "class" 'class'
org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.UnexpectedTokenException: null:1: <identifier> expected but found "class" 'class'
at org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.Parser.consume(Parser.java:1965)
at org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.Parser.rootNode(Parser.java:2069)
at org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.Parser.namedParameterList(Parser.java:1628)
at org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.Parser.parameterList(Parser.java:1599)
at org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser.Parser.newExpression(Parser.java:1671)