[GROOVY-92] Groovy Strings don't support +=

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-3
• Assignee: James Strachan
• Reporter: Rod Cope
• Created: 28/Dec/03 18:45
• Updated: 05/Jan/04 01:23
• Resolved: 02/Jan/04 11:24

Description

Groovy Strings don't support +=

For example, this doesn't work:
a = "dog"
b = "${a}"
b += " cat"

Instead, toString() must be called on the GString first:
a = "dog"
b = "${a}".toString()
b += " cat"