[#GROOVY-1440] println /hello/ results in unexpected token exception

groovy

println /hello/ results in unexpected token exception

Created: 28/Jul/06 11:45 AM Updated: 12/Oct/07 06:21 AM

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Affects Version/s:

1.1-beta-2

Fix Version/s:

1.1-rc-1

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Environment:

Windows XP, JVM: 1.4.2_11-b06, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

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I tried using slashy strings in the groovyConsole

println /hello/

and was rewarded with the error:

Exception thrown: org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, Script9: 1: unexpected token: null @ line 1, column 16.

I also tried it in groovysh and just was told "statement not complete"

it works if I do this:

println(/hello/)

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Russel Winder added a comment - 26/Jul/07 05:11 AM

This problem remains in Groovy r7025 (1.1-beta-3, 2007-07-26). Also:

> groovy -e 'println /hello/'
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, script_from_command_line: 1: unexpected token: null @ line 1, column 16.
1 error

I believe all of these are probably presentations of the same error.

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Jochen Theodorou added a comment - 12/Oct/07 06:21 AM

it conflicts with normal division. we can have only one.. either "println a/b" or "println /a/". so I close this as won't fix