[TAP5-1673] Tapestry 5.2 property expressions supported references to public static fields of classes; this is not supported by 5.3

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.3
• Fix Version/s: 5.3
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Labels: backwards-compatibility
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 27/Sep/11 17:28
• Updated: 28/Sep/11 00:52
• Resolved: 27/Sep/11 21:19

Description

Technically, this was not expressly supported under 5.2 (or even intended; it's an unexpected/unwanted feature) but it worked and people have been using it. It's not a bad idea, so expressly supporting it would be useful.