[GROOVY-1526] You cannot reference a closure from within itself without def'ing it first and then assigning it

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-rc-3
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Sam Pullara
• Created: 11/Oct/06 12:06
• Updated: 28/Nov/07 05:02
• Resolved: 28/Nov/07 05:02

Description

Doesn't work:

def c =

{ c() }
c()

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method script_from_command_line.c() is applicable for argument types: () values: {}
at script_from_command_line$_run_closure1.doCall(script_from_command_line:1)
at script_from_command_line$_run_closure1.doCall(script_from_command_line)
at script_from_command_line.run(script_from_command_line:1)
at script_from_command_line.main(script_from_command_line)

Works:

def c;
c = { c() }

c()