[#GROOVY-1891] Assignment to array element yields null

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Assignment to array element yields null

Created: 12/May/07 04:24 PM Updated: 01/Jul/07 05:54 PM

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bytecode

Affects Version/s:

1.0, 1.1-beta-1

Fix Version/s:

1.1-beta-2

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Not Specified

Environment:

Windows XP
Java SE 6

Testcase included:

yes

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Assigning a value to an array element yields null instead of the assigned value.

int[] a = new int[1]
assert (a[0] = 42) == null // current behavior
assert (a[0] = 42) == 42 // expected behavior

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Peter Niederwieser added a comment - 17/May/07 08:24 AM

I suggest to keep putAt() a "void" method and just make a[0]=42 evaluate to 42 rather than null. This is consistent with properties, where setters have return type void and therefore a.setX(42) evaluates to null, whereas a.x=42 evaluates to 42.

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Jochen Theodorou added a comment - 01/Jul/07 05:54 PM

implemented