[GROOVY-5783] Inconsistency when generating sets

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.4, 2.4.0-beta-2
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Labels: contrib
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Cédric Champeau
• Created: 05/Nov/12 07:56
• Updated: 08/Jul/14 15:28
• Resolved: 01/Jul/14 17:24

Description

The following code:

def set = [] as Set

will generate a LinkedHashSet, but this one:

Set set = []

generates a simple HashSet. For consistency, it would be better if both created a LinkedHashSet.