[#GROOVY-1879] Error parsing simple expression in a conditional.

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Error parsing simple expression in a conditional.

Created: 08/May/07 10:35 AM Updated: 08/May/07 11:33 AM

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Cannot parse:

if (a = false) println "xx"

but can parse:

if ((a = false)) println "xx"

Of course this is a useless statement, but it also fails with any boolean-values expression substituted for "false".

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Jochen Theodorou added a comment - 08/May/07 11:33 AM

this is no bug, this is by design. As we allow every object to be evaluated to a boolean we decided to not to allow the assignment if it is not in (). It's just a very simple case to avoid the fear known from C.