[GROOVY-2382] 64K limit on strings -- Caught: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 84 in class file test

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Component/s: bytecode
• Environment: Fedora Core 7 64-bit running 32-bit jdk 1.5.10
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jonathan Meeks
• Created: 12/Dec/07 09:59
• Updated: 30/Oct/08 13:07
• Resolved: 30/Oct/08 13:07

Description

Assigning a string of 65535 characters or larger results in this error: Caught: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 84 in class file test.

Attached testcase's string is exactly 65535 characters. Removing a single character from the string eliminates this error.