[GROOVY-1201] Unsupport Classic for loop now reports strange error message

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Graeme Rocher
• Created: 05/Jan/06 04:24
• Updated: 01/Jul/07 11:51
• Resolved: 01/Jul/07 11:51

Description

Using the classic for loop from java like:

for(int i = 0; i < 60;i++) {
println i
}

produces the error:

Script1.groovy: 67: Unexpected node type: TYPE found when expecting type: an identifier at line: 67 column: 32. File: Script1.groovy @ line 67, column 32.
1 Error

Which is not very helpful for those who don't know it is not supported.. a nice error message at a minium would be good.. ideally it should dynamically inspect the AST and suggest what you should use