[GROOVY-3729] ~/.groovy/grapeConfig.xml file with only comment causes bug report

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.5, 1.7-beta-2
• Environment: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, Groovy HEAD 2009-09-05
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 07/Sep/09 02:47
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 19:12
• Resolved: 11/Sep/09 03:40

Description

If the ~/.groovy/grapeConfig.xml file exists and contains only a comment then the folowing message is reported.

Caught: BUG! exception in phase 'conversion' in source unit
'XXXX' failed to load settings from file:/home/users/russel/.groovy/grapeConfig.xml: Premature end of file.

Where XXXX is an elision of the actual path.

The problem is not that an effectively empty file is not acceptable, the problem is that the error mesage is not reasonable.