[GROOVY-4333] The assert statement could allow newline before message

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: syntax
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Nikita Y Volkov
• Created: 26/Jul/10 14:39
• Updated: 02/Jun/16 07:20
• Resolved: 02/Jun/16 07:20

Description

It's obvious that sometimes assert statements can become too long as in the following example:

assert value == entries.last().value - entries[entries.size() - 2], "Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla."

But it could become way more managable and readable if only the newline was allowed before message following the comma:

assert value == entries.last().value - entries[entries.size() - 2].value, 
	"Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla."

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-1769 parse of assert fails when newline between 'test' and 'message'