[GROOVY-6574] boolean local variable is compiled as Boolean

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.2
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 14/Feb/14 08:51
• Updated: 15/Oct/15 18:19
• Resolved: 15/Dec/14 04:11

Description

the following code uses internally a Boolean instead of a boolean for the local variable. Since a boolean cannot hold null, this is an important difference. Slightly modified code seems to not have the problem.

def foo(Boolean o) {
  boolean b = o
  println b
}