[GROOVY-2114] Conditional expression containing an assignment operation requires double parentheses

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-3
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: jkranes
• Created: 11/Sep/07 08:34
• Updated: 11/Sep/07 09:06
• Resolved: 11/Sep/07 09:06

Description

In groovy,

a = b = c // valid
a = (b = c ) // valid

However:

if (( b = c )) statement // valid but only with double parentheses

if (b=c) statement // compiler error: " expecting ')', found '=' " Note that this syntax is valid in java provided b and c are boolean

It seems this syntax should be valid without the need for double parentheses.