[GROOVY-6352] Type checker ignores wrong number of constructor arguments

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.7, 2.2.0-beta-2, 2.3.0, 2.4.0-rc-1
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.6
• Component/s: Static Type Checker
• Assignee: Pascal Schumacher
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 17/Sep/13 09:52
• Updated: 22/Feb/16 20:48
• Resolved: 22/Dec/15 10:53

Description

class X {}
@groovy.transform.CompileStatic
def foo() {
  new X("f")
}
println foo()

This code compiles and runs in static compilation, even though the type checker should have complained. In normal Groovy this fails at runtime, as does if the type checker only is used.