[GROOVY-9226] Calling super.toString() with @TypeChecked or @CompileStatic will throw java.lang.StackOverflowError

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.x, 2.5.x
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.9, 3.0.0-rc-1
• Component/s: Compiler
• Environment: Any operating systems running Groovy 2.4.x or 2.5.x
• Assignee: Daniel Sun
• Reporter: Chih Chao Yu
• Created: 15/Aug/19 07:05
• Updated: 24/Nov/19 02:45
• Resolved: 15/Aug/19 07:21

Description

The following code snippet will throw java.lang.StackOverflowError:

import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
import groovy.transform.TypeChecked

@CompileStatic
class Super {
  String toString() { 'Super' }
}

@TypeChecked
@CompileStatic
class Child extends Super {
  String toString() { 'Child extends ' + super.toString() }
}

// java.lang.StackOverflowError will happen
println new Child().toString()

 

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-9215 Incorrect compile time access error is raised when using @CompileStatic and/or @TypeChecked