[GROOVY-512] code generator fails to cast argument to "~" to string

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-8
• Environment: Windows XP
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Greg Wilson
• Created: 02/Jun/04 09:30
• Updated: 09/Dec/04 07:25
• Resolved: 09/Dec/04 07:25

Description

This test program demonstrates the problem:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

// This use of "~" works.
pattern = ~ "
.groovy$";
println "pattern from constant is: " + pattern;

// This use of "~" produces an error.
string = "
.groovy$";
println "string is: " + string;
pattern = ~ string;

The top of the error trace is:

java.lang.VerifyError: (class: foo, method: run signature:
()Ljava/lang/Object Incompatible argument to function