[GROOVY-5773] Problem distinguishing !=~ and != ~ plus similiar ones

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: parser, parser-antlr2, syntax
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 29/Oct/12 06:45
• Updated: 15/Jan/22 19:02

Description

In Groovy if you see x==~y and x == ~y you can can get a problem, because it is easy to oversee the space in between, changing the meaning of the compare. The problem is toped by x != ~y being the negation of x == ~y, but there is no negation for ==~. This issue is therefore asking for a replacement of the operators ==~ and =~ in a way that allows the negation too and is still readable. For this no unary operator symbol should follow the equals if equals is kept.