[GROOVY-5891] Static compiler wrongly infers the return type of Class<T>.cast()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.7, 2.2.0-beta-2
• Component/s: Static compilation
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Dimitar Dimitrov
• Created: 07/Jan/13 20:23
• Updated: 14/Oct/13 16:54
• Resolved: 19/Jul/13 06:43

Description

@CompileStatic
class Test {
    public <T extends Runnable> T fails(Class<T> type, def x) {
        return type.cast(x) 
    }
    public <T extends Runnable> T passes(Class<T> type, def x) {
        return type.cast(x) as T
    }
}