[GROOVY-745] more readabel error message when script name is equal to an variabel name

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-10
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-10
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jochen Theodorou
• Created: 23/Feb/05 17:36
• Updated: 23/Feb/05 17:38
• Resolved: 23/Feb/05 17:38

Description

given the simple script

test=1

in a file named test.groovy results in an Exception like this one:

Caught: General error during class generation: Cannot use a class expression on the left hand side of an assignment. Node: org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.BinaryExpression@1e4457d[org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.VariableExpression@18e2b22[variabl
e: test]("=" at 2:5: "=" )org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.VariableExpression@b1c5fa[variable: x]]. At [2:5] H:
test.groovy

and much more. Did I use a class on the left hand side? BTW: what is the left hand side? The normal user may not know an answer to these questions. And many don't know you can't have a varibale of the same name as the script name, if no class declaration is used for the script