[GROOVY-251] Lexer does not recognize .1 as a numeric literal

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Component/s: lexer
• Environment: Windows 2000, Sun JRE 1.4.2_03
• Assignee: Brian Larson
• Reporter: Brian Larson
• Created: 09/Mar/04 00:03
• Updated: 11/May/04 22:40
• Resolved: 15/Mar/04 15:17

Description

The following does not compile:
x = .1

a numeric literal must start with a number (e.g. 0.1). This is not required in other languages such as Java.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: GROOVY-256 Numeric literals: default BigDecimal for decimals, support suffixes