[GROOVY-1617] GString and String do not behave the same when converted to String[]

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Barzilai Spinak
• Created: 21/Dec/06 14:52
• Updated: 22/Dec/07 07:01
• Resolved: 28/Nov/07 18:49

Description

Not sure what "component" implements this behaviour. Tested with JSR-6, but I think it's the same in RC1

This is my original mail to the list:
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groovy> def i= 10
groovy> def gstr= "hello $i"
groovy> println "gstr is a GString? ${gstr instanceof GString}"
groovy> println "gstr is a String? ${gstr instanceof String}"
groovy> def str= "hello 12"
groovy> println "str is a GString? ${str instanceof GString}"
groovy> println "str is a String? ${str instanceof String}"

gstr is a GString? true
gstr is a String? false
str is a GString? false
str is a String? true

Now...

groovy> gstr as String[]
Result: ["hello 10"]

However...
groovy> str as String[]
Result: ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o", " ", "1", "2"]

So GString's when converted to String[] produce a one-element array with the whole GString
But String's when converted to String[] produce an array with one element per character in the String

(This is Groovy JSR-06)

BarZ
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And Graeme Rocher's reply:

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Hi Barz,

Please raise an issue, this behaviour is not correct

Hi Barz,
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Now, what I don't know: what should the CORRECT BEHAVIOUR be???