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  1. Groovy
  2. GROOVY-4705 Compiler internals improvements collection task for Groovy 4
  3. GROOVY-1588

Better error messages when using Java's array init syntax

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    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.1-rc-3
    • 2.6.0-alpha-1
    • parser-antlr2
    • None

    Description

      Declaring and populating an array in line such as:

      Object[] objArr = new Object[]

      { "a", "b", "d" }

      ;

      causes the following exception:

      Exception in thread "main" org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, ModelNumberParser.groovy: 7: unexpected token: , @ line 7, column 45

      It would be better, especially for Java people just learning Groovy, to say something like "Java initialization syntax not supported, use [x, y, z] as DesiredClass[]."

      EDIT: probably filed against a JSR version.

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          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. GROOVY-3791 [PARROT] Support Java Array initializer syntax when not ambiguous

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. GROOVY-11492 Java compatibility: array initializers without "new Type[]"

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Open

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              daniel_sun Daniel Sun
              mcspanky Martin C. Martin
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