[GROOVY-4600] (null as float) behaviour changed in 1.8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.8-beta-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.8-beta-4
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Cédric Champeau
• Created: 28/Dec/10 08:23
• Updated: 29/Dec/10 05:57
• Resolved: 29/Dec/10 05:09

Description

In Groovy 1.7.6, the following code works :

assert null == null as float

In Groovy 1.8.0-beta-3, it throws an error :

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'null' with class 'null' to class 'java.lang.Number'
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.castToNumber(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:139)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.castToNumber(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:121)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.floatUnbox(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:74)