[GROOVY-6839] @PackageScope could be also allowed for constructors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0-beta-1
• Component/s: ast builder
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Marcin Zajaczkowski
• Created: 30/May/14 15:34
• Updated: 11/Jun/14 14:25
• Resolved: 31/May/14 16:13

Description

@PackageScope could be also allowed for constructors. Currently:

@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD})

It is sometimes useful to make an internal class constructor visible also in
tests (by making it package visible). I wonder if there is a technical reason why it is not supported.