[GROOVY-3238] String.valueOf(BigInteger) doesn't call String.valueOf(Object)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.7, 1.6-rc-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-2, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Assignee: Roshan Dawrani
• Reporter: James P. White
• Created: 26/Dec/08 01:00
• Updated: 22/Jan/09 21:34
• Resolved: 31/Dec/08 15:12

Description

Somehow Groovy is calling some formatting method rather than String.valueOf(Object) for:

String.valueOf(new BigInteger('1000'))

You can see the difference with:

assert (String.valueOf(new BigInteger('1000'))) == (new BigInteger('1000').toString())

which is a good test because String.valueOf(Object) is defined to be the same as String.toString() if the object is not null.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: GROOVY-3237 println is inconsistent