[GROOVY-6660] invalid generics symbol arity does not lead to compilation error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0, 2.4.0-beta-3
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Static Type Checker
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 04/Apr/14 04:38
• Updated: 06/Mar/18 23:17
• Resolved: 30/Oct/17 12:15

Description

class A {}
@groovy.transform.CompileStatic
static <C> void foo() {
  new A<C>()
}

This code should not compile, since A has no generics parameter, but the "new"-call does use one. Most probably all 2.x versions are affected

Issue Links

• duplicates: GROOVY-7865 Better error message in the presence of Generics arity errors