[GROOVY-11483] reference to outer class non-private static field before special ctor call

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0-alpha-11
• Component/s: Static compilation

Language

groovy

• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Eric Milles
• Created: 23/Sep/24 20:05
• Updated: 4 days ago 11:38
• Resolved: 28/Sep/24 14:28

Description

Consider the following:

class Outer {
    @groovy.transform.CompileStatic
    static class Inner {
        public final String value
        Inner(String string) {
            value = string
        }
        Inner() {
            this(VALUE.toString())
        }
    }
    public static Integer VALUE = 42
    static main(args) {
        assert new Inner().value == '42'
    }
}

The expression "this(VALUE.toString())" throws a cast exception at runtime. It is compiled to this.getProperty("VALUE") – however "this" is static at the point.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-6610 "Expecting to find object/array on stack" VerifyError when passing static member as argument to chained ctor call