[GROOVY-4584] VerifyError with nonstatic category references in static methods

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.7, 1.8-beta-4
• Component/s: class generator, Compiler
• Environment: wxp sp3, jdk 1.6.0_20, groovy 1.7.6
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Pertino Juan
• Created: 16/Dec/10 09:07
• Updated: 08/Feb/11 23:25
• Resolved: 22/Dec/10 05:20

Description

when an inner class annotated with @Category is referenced from a static method,
it fails at runtime with a VerifyError

without the @Category annotation it works just fine,
so perhaps its something with the transformation

attached is a simple example