Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: 1.5.6, 1.6-beta-1
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Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
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Component/s: command line processing
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Labels:None
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Description
class Foo {
Foo(String s) {}
Foo(Date d) {
println "call to this() must be the first statement of a ctor"
this(d.toString())
}
}
new Foo(new Date())
In the snippet above, I'm calling this() after a println call.
But in Java, it is mandatory that calls to this() or super() inside a constructor are the first statements of the block.
Here I get the following stacktrace:
groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Foo.call() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.String) values: {Fri May 16 23:48:20 CEST 2008} at Foo.invokeMethod(Script35) at Foo.<init>(Script35:6) at Script35.run(Script35:10)
The compiler should check that calls to this() or super() are done as the first statement, and not afterwards.
