[GROOVY-4475] Boolean seems to support toBoolean() but yields incorrect results

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.6, 1.8-beta-3
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Marc Palmer
• Created: 12/Oct/10 11:56
• Updated: 15/Dec/10 16:57
• Resolved: 14/Oct/10 10:08

Description

This is curious (with groovy shipped with grails 1.3.4)

boolean b = true
def x = b.toBoolean()

println x
assert x

1) where is no-arg toBoolean() coming from
2) why does it return false for true input.