[GROOVY-6576] list literal constructor misses direct constructor call

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.2, 2.3.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Static compilation
• Assignee: Cédric Champeau
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 14/Feb/14 09:16
• Updated: 04/Mar/14 16:31
• Resolved: 17/Feb/14 09:49

Description

In this example

class F {
    F(int i){}
}

def foo() {
  F f = [1]
}

The static compiler produces a call to castToType to let the runtime transform [1] into F. Because of performance this should not be done.