[GROOVY-735] Dynamic and static typing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-9
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Environment: Windows XP
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Kenneth Bell
• Created: 17/Feb/05 05:44
• Updated: 16/Jun/06 04:28
• Resolved: 16/Jun/06 04:28

Description

A statically typed variable in a method cannot be assigned an
incompatible type. However, the same code works dynamically
when used outside a method. See following:

def doSomething() {
int age = 25
//age = "youthful" // ERROR: cannot cast 'youthful' to an Integer
println "Age: ${age}"
}

doSomething() // call it

// do same at outer level
int age = 25
age = "youthful" // OK: dynamic typing permitted here
println "Age: ${age}"

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: GROOVY-761 static typing