[GROOVY-1142] Number comparison inconsistent

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-5
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Brian Larson
• Created: 16/Nov/05 14:31
• Updated: 19/Dec/05 11:11
• Resolved: 19/Dec/05 11:11

Description

The following should be consistent, but it is not:
assert 1 == "1" //fails
assert 11 == "11" //works
assert "1" > 1 //works
assert "11" > 11 //fails

The above issues seem to be due to a bug in Invoker.asNumber() and Invoker.compareTo(). They treat String with a length of 1 differently. For example, asNumber converts Strings of length 1 to Integer, and everything else to BigDecimal (yikes!).