[GROOVY-4812] Problem Parsing Expression With 1.8.0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.4, 2.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jeff Brown
• Created: 05/May/11 15:48
• Updated: 28/Oct/11 15:39
• Resolved: 28/Oct/11 15:39

Description

The following works with 1.7.x but fails with 1.8.0

Demo.groovy

class Demo  {
   
   void doit() {
       execute new Runnable(){
           void run() {
               println 'hello'
           }
       }
   }
   
   void execute(arg) {
       arg.run()
   }
   
   static void main(args) {
       new Demo().doit()
   }
}

The code fails with a MissingPropertyException:

$ groovy Demo
Caught: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: execute for class: Demo
        at Demo.doit(Demo.groovy:4)
        at Demo.main(Demo.groovy:16)

If I put parens around the argument to the execute method, then it appears to work:

Demo.groovy

class Demo  {
   
   void doit() {
       execute(new Runnable(){
           void run() {
               println 'hello'
           }
       })
   }
   
   void execute(arg) {
       arg.run()
   }
   
   static void main(args) {
       new Demo().doit()
   }
}