[GROOVY-4312] Empty primitive arrays evaluate to true

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.4, 1.8-beta-1
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Peter Niederwieser
• Created: 20/Jul/10 11:33
• Updated: 22/Jul/10 17:32
• Resolved: 21/Jul/10 04:14

Description

In contrast to other empty collections, empty primitive arrays evaluate to true:

def x = [] as int[]
assert !x // fails!

Empty non-primitive arrays behave as expected:

def x = [] as String[]
assert !x // passes