[GROOVY-3777] Compiler behaviour different between script and compilation; line numbers missing in error message

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.5, 1.7-beta-2
• Component/s: Compiler
• Environment: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, Sun Java 6, Groovy HEAD 2009-09-22T07:30+01:00
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 22/Sep/09 01:36
• Updated: 01/Oct/09 01:35
• Resolved: 01/Oct/09 01:35

Description

The test case is a single line file:

def x = 'a'
                + 'b'

This file can be compiled:

|> groovyc build.gant
|>

and a class file is generated, but if run as a script:

|> groovy build.gant
Caught: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MissingMethodExceptionNoStack: No signature of method: java.lang.String.positive() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
|>

which seems a bit inconsistent, not to mention lacking in line number, so two errors possibly.