[GROOVY-2531] VerifyError with -- var -- and (var--)--

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Component/s: bytecode
• Environment: WindowsXP, java 6, Groovy 1.5.1
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: René de Bloois
• Created: 23/Jan/08 06:29
• Updated: 04/Nov/08 05:36
• Resolved: 04/Nov/08 05:36

Description

The script

-- var --

gives

Caught: java.lang.VerifyError: (class: Script, method: run signature: ()Ljava/lang/Object;) Unable to pop operand off an empty stack

instead of a compilation error.

The same goes for

(var--)--
++ var ++
(var++)++