[GROOVY-5598] Cannot use @CompileStatic with Thread.start method

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Static compilation
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Graeme Rocher
• Created: 12/Jul/12 08:32
• Updated: 26/Jul/12 16:49
• Resolved: 13/Jul/12 06:25

Description

Example:

@groovy.transform.CompileStatic
def foo() {
  Thread.start {
      println "boo"
  }
}

foo()

Produces

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'class java.lang.Thread' with class 'java.lang.Class' to class 'java.lang.Thread'
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.castToType(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:360)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.castToType(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:599)