[GROOVY-3882] "final" not working as expected

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.7-rc-1
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Dierk König
• Created: 14/Nov/09 03:29
• Updated: 02/Dec/09 07:48
• Resolved: 27/Nov/09 08:03

Description

neither final properties nor final fields are shielded from mutation if the mutator is a method in the same object.

class Person {
    final String name = "scott"
    def foo() {
        name = "Dierk"
    }
}
def p =  new Person()
p.foo()
assert "Dierk" != p.name

// credits: Scott Davis