[GROOVY-8131] Statement continued onto next line is flagged when first character is "="

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Compiler
• Environment: Ubuntu Linux; ; `uname -a`:; Linux biostar 4.4.0-69-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 16 16:52:31 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Assignee: Daniel Sun
• Reporter: Richard Elkins
• Created: 24/Mar/17 20:04
• Updated: 06/Mar/18 23:25
• Resolved: 02/May/17 02:12

Description

Source code attached (grbug.java).

`javac` v8 compiles variable declarations s1, s2, and s3 successfully.

`groovyc` flags s3:
"unexpected token: = @ line 9, column 3."