[GROOVY-5523] Static Type Checker: Ternary operator doesn't allow nulls

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-rc-3
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-rc-4
• Assignee: Cédric Champeau
• Reporter: Graeme Rocher
• Created: 14/Jun/12 09:31
• Updated: 21/Jun/12 17:03
• Resolved: 18/Jun/12 05:20

Description

Following code:

import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
@CompileStatic
File findFile() {
    String str = ""
    File f = str ? new File(str) : null
}

Produces:

[Static type checking] - Cannot assign value of type java.lang.Object to variable of type java.io.File
 at line: 8, column: 5