[GROOVY-2657] Code: def Target = "releases$" returns error on line 0 / column 0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Environment: rkleeb@sifsstud4:/tmp$ groovy -v; Groovy Version: 1.5.4 JVM: 1.6.0-b105
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Reto Kleeb
• Created: 04/Mar/08 08:26
• Updated: 26/Nov/08 10:02
• Resolved: 26/Nov/08 10:02

Description

rkleeb@sifsstud4:/tmp$ cat bla.groovy
def Target = "releases$"

rkleeb@sifsstud4:/tmp$ groovy bla.groovy
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, /tmp/bla.groovy: 0: illegal string body character after dollar sign;
solution: either escape a literal dollar sign "\$5" or bracket the value expression "${5}" @ line 0, column 0.
1 error

the error msg that tells you to escape the $ sign makes perfect sense, but the line / col info is always 0 / 0