[GROOVY-4657] Regression: Null element coerced to "null" String when containing List is coerced to String array

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.7, 1.8-beta-4
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Peter Niederwieser
• Created: 01/Feb/11 23:39
• Updated: 03/Feb/11 10:51
• Resolved: 03/Feb/11 10:51

Description

From http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Change-in-contains-behavior-in-1-7-6-vs-1-7-5-td3367327.html:

Groovy 1.7.5:

def x = [null] as String[]
println x[0] == null  // true
println x[0]?.length() // null

Groovy 1.7.6:

def x = [null] as String[]
println x[0] == null  // false
println x[0]?.length() // 4