[GROOVY-3938] Stamp groovy classes with the version of groovy used to generate them.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.1, 1.8-beta-1
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: Roshan Dawrani
• Reporter: Roshan Dawrani
• Created: 12/Dec/09 22:21
• Updated: 07/Apr/10 23:46
• Resolved: 14/Dec/09 19:41

Description

Sometimes in troubleshooting the groovy issues, it is helpful to know if a groovy class was compiled with one groovy version and is being run with an incompatible groovy version.

Currently, in the pre-compiled classes, groovy compiler leaves no signs of its version behind.

A run-time annotation can be introduced to store the groovy version, which can subsequently be retrieved to know the origin of that groovy class.