[GROOVY-2008] The impossible is possible

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-3
• Environment: Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn (Java 6) + Groovy r7042
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 30/Jul/07 02:10
• Updated: 11/Sep/07 09:36
• Resolved: 11/Sep/07 09:36

Description

The command:

groovy -e 'ii = 4 ; printf ( "%-3.3f" , ii )'

results in the output:

Caught: java.lang.RuntimeException: invoke threw a InvocationTargetException.  This is impossible.
        at script_from_command_line.run(script_from_command_line:1)
        at script_from_command_line.main(script_from_command_line)