[GROOVY-9498] exclusive range operator gives wrong result when short variables is used

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.10
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Michael Winkler
• Created: 08/Apr/20 15:33
• Updated: 18/May/20 04:16
• Resolved: 18/May/20 04:16

Description

this snippet worked in groovy 2.4 and did no longer in 2.5:

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short maxAsShort = 5
int maxAsInt = 5
List<Byte> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

assert list[0..<maxAsInt] == list[0..<maxAsShort ]

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error message is:

Assertion failed:

assert list[0..<maxAsInt] == list[0..<maxAsShort]
       |   |    |         |  |   |    |
       |   |    5         |  |   |    5
       |   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]|  |   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
       [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
                          falseat Script1.run(Script1.groovy:6)