[GROOVY-1288] When creating a map, the key cannot reference to a variable?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Markus Halttunen
• Created: 04/Apr/06 13:26
• Updated: 09/Apr/06 09:18
• Resolved: 09/Apr/06 09:18

Description

Let's say I evaluate the following:
key = "actualKey"
map = [key:"value"]
print map

The result will be:

{key=value}

. What I would like to get is

{actualKey=value}

Is this a bug or an intended feature? Basically the key of a map is always interpreted as a string - even if it matches an actual string variable in the scope.

I can use the following workaround, but I feel it's a bit ugly. Are there any better alternatives available?
key = "actualKey"
map = ["$key":"value"]
print map