[GROOVY-3038] Cannot use "final" modifier on iterator in for (...) loops

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Component/s: ast builder
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Xavier Sautejeau
• Created: 15/Sep/08 03:06
• Updated: 30/Oct/08 10:22
• Resolved: 30/Oct/08 10:22

Description

Consider a piece of code like this :

for ( final Element e : someCollectionOfElement ) {
//do something with e
}

while this compiles with Java, Groovy gives me the following exception

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup.