[GROOVY-709] println error reporting not correct

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-10
• Environment: Debian GNU/Linux Testing using Groovy CVS (20050119) on JDK1.5
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 20/Jan/05 03:26
• Updated: 23/Jun/05 01:24
• Resolved: 26/Jan/05 16:03

Description

The script:

#! /usr/bin/env groovy

println("Hello %s\n", "world") ;

produces the output (well actually it produces seven or eight more screenfulls but there is no point in just filling the report up with it as there is clearly an infinite lookup loop of some sort):

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at groovy.lang.Closure.<init>(Closure.java:105)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.<init>(MethodClosure.java:24)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.getProperty(MetaClass.java:648)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:323)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:125)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.call(MethodClosure.java:33)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:327)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:125)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.call(MethodClosure.java:33)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:327)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:125)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.call(MethodClosure.java:33)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:327)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:125)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.call(MethodClosure.java:33)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:327)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:125)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodClosure.call(MethodClosure.java:33)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:327)