[GROOVY-708] Misleading error message

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-9
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-10
• Environment: Windows XP, JVM 1.4.2_06
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin C. Martin
• Created: 19/Jan/05 09:58
• Updated: 25/Jan/05 10:59
• Resolved: 25/Jan/05 10:59

Description

In the following code I forgot to put "Math." in front of pow:

import java.lang.Math

def foo(Double x)
{
return pow(x, 1.5d)
}

//foo(3.5d)

c =

{foo(it)}

c(3.5d)

If I run this, it says foo() doesn't take a single Double:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method bug3$_run_closure1.foo() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.Double) values: [3.5]

If I call foo directly, I get an exception in the call to pow(), as it should be.

Messages like this make development time really baloon, and are a barrier to me using Groovy for more than I do now.