[GROOVY-579] undefined variables behave differently in scripts and classes - ASF JIRA

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println x

prints null

class C {
static main(args)

{ println x }

}

throws a MissingPropertyException

this has the unfortunate consequence that closure delegates don't work in Scripts

c =

{println x}

x.delegate =['x':100]
c()

prints null rather than 100

This breaks some features of XML-RPC and StreamingMarkupBuilder (and, presumably other things)