[GROOVY-4384] Implement GEP-3: extended command expressions

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.8-beta-2
• Component/s: GEP
• Assignee: Lidia Donajczyk-Lipinska
• Reporter: Guillaume Sauthier
• Created: 30/Aug/10 12:05
• Updated: 15/Dec/10 22:19
• Resolved: 16/Sep/10 05:44

Description

Implementing GEP-3: extended command expressions, for nicer DSLs.
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GroovyJSR/GEP+3+-+Command+Expression+based+DSL

This GEP was the topic of a Google Summer of Code project lead by Lidia Donajczyk.

Sub-Tasks

• GEP-3: ability to use (extended) command expression on the RHS: Closed
• GEP-3: allow zero-args methods in the chain of calls: Closed
• GEP-3: disambiguate cases where minus something or [] or {} are used as the argument of extended command expressions: Closed