[GROOVY-4980] Named argument constructor doesn't work for inner classes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.10
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.3, 1.9-beta-4
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Roshan Dawrani
• Reporter: Peter Niederwieser
• Created: 19/Aug/11 17:58
• Updated: 14/Oct/11 00:28
• Resolved: 13/Sep/11 12:37

Description

class Outer {
  class Inner {
    String name
  }

  def doit() {
    new Inner(name: "fred")
  }
}

new Outer().doit()

Caught: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: Could not find matching constructor for: Outer$Inner(Outer, java.util.LinkedHashMap)
	at Outer.doit(OuterF.groovy:7)
	at OuterF.run(OuterF.groovy:11)