[GROOVY-812] Strings should evaluate in asBool() like in Java

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-2
• Assignee: Kim, Pilho
• Reporter: Dierk König
• Created: 08/Apr/05 06:12
• Updated: 14/May/05 08:44
• Resolved: 14/May/05 08:44

Description

> > - should an empty (non-null) String evaluate to
> > false? This would be analogous to seeing a String
> > as a Collection of chars, but might break some
> > existing code.
>
> "true" should be true, and all the rest should be false (like in Java)

Ah, correct.
And I guess that's case insensitive.