[GROOVY-1367] allow cloning of the AST

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 21/Jun/06 07:30
• Updated: 22/Dec/23 11:38
• Resolved: 21/Aug/23 08:03

Description

to allow cloning of the AST we need a cloning method that makes a deep copy. Expressions have the transform method, but that may not return a new instance. But for reusing AST parts in another AST we have to make a deep copy.