[GROOVY-9178] .groovy filename extension is needlessly long; suggest using .gvy instead.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-beta-1, 2.5.7, 2.4.17
• Component/s: Compiler
• Labels: documentation features newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brennon Miller
• Created: 26/Jun/19 18:50
• Updated: 11/Nov/20 02:00
• Resolved: 27/Nov/19 18:53

Description

The .gvy filename extension not only matches the conventional three-letter extension format, but it is already accepted by the groovy interpreter as a default filename extension to search for (in case of running scripts). However, it is not auto-detected by the compiler when seeking class files to include (for example, if "Game.gvy" and "Player.gvy" are in the same folder, and "Game.gvy" has a Player attribute, groovyc will not compile Game.gvy into a classfile due to a unrecognized "Player" class).

I am currently working to have the .gvy filename extention officially recognized by the xdg shared-mime-info for Linux and similar desktops, and it may be wise to extend ^{(pun unintended)} the use of the shorter file extension in future releases.