[GROOVY-1652] Bad error message when declaring variable called "default" (a reserved word?)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marc Palmer
• Created: 15/Jan/07 10:16
• Updated: 30/Nov/07 21:07
• Resolved: 30/Nov/07 21:06

Description

def default = "hello"

Yields:

Exception thrown: org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, Script0: 2: unexpected token: def @ line 2, column 1.
1 error

Issue Links

• duplicates: GROOVY-1432 goto as variable name causes inappropriate error reports