[GROOVY-4265] @Delegate's dealing with static methods seems incorrect - ASF JIRA

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@Delegate's dealing with static methods seems incorrect

In the code below, shouldn't the call from B#main() go to C#foo()?

If for a delegate method (which can only be an instance method), if the owner class has a static method, the delegate method should be the one used.

A.groovy

class A {
     static foo(){println "A->foo()"}
}

B.groovy

class B extends A {
     @Delegate C c = new C()
     static main(args){
        new B().foo()
     }
}

C.groovy

class C {
     def foo(){println "C->foo()"}
}

The above code outputs

A->foo()

but it should output

C->foo()