groovy

MultipleCompilationErrorsException "unexpected char"

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: command line processing
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Linux (RHEL 5, Fedora Core 5)
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

Getting an error in groovy one-liners:

$ groovy -e 'println "Hello, World!"'
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, script_from_command_line: 1: unexpected char: 0xFFFF @ line 1, column 23.
1 error

Putting the same thing in a file works fine. It doesn't happen for the following:

$ groovy -e 'println '\''Hello, World!'\'
$ groovy -e 'println "Hello, World!";'
$ groovy -e 'println "";'
$ groovy -e ''
$ groovy -e 'println 1'
$ groovy -e 'println System.properties'

When you use a zero-length string literal, you get a slightly different error:

$ groovy -e 'println ""'
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, script_from_command_line: 1: unexpected char: '"' @ line 1, column 9.
1 error

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Mike Dillon added a comment -

To be clear, this seems to be related to double-quoted string literals with no trailing semicolon in command-line eval mode in Groovy 1.6.1-1.6.3.

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Mike Dillon added a comment - To be clear, this seems to be related to double-quoted string literals with no trailing semicolon in command-line eval mode in Groovy 1.6.1-1.6.3.
Guillaume Laforge made changes -
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Fix Version/s 1.7-beta-1 [ 14014 ]
Fix Version/s 1.6.4 [ 15291 ]
Guillaume Laforge made changes -
Fix Version/s 1.6.4 [ 15291 ]
Fix Version/s 1.6.x [ 15537 ]
blackdrag blackdrag made changes -
Fix Version/s 1.7-beta-1 [ 14014 ]
Fix Version/s 1.7-beta-x [ 15538 ]
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Ismail Fal Jones added a comment -

I have this issue, Windows 2003, groovy 1.6.4 JVM 1.5.0_06.

I compile use.groovy : println 'Allah is great';

I run groovy use.class and I get:

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed,
C:\groovy\bin\use.class: 1: unexpected char: 0xBA @ line 1, column 3.
╩■║╛ /☺◄☺ ♥use ☺☺ ↕groovy/lang/Script ♥☺
^

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Ismail Fal Jones added a comment - I have this issue, Windows 2003, groovy 1.6.4 JVM 1.5.0_06. I compile use.groovy : println 'Allah is great'; I run groovy use.class and I get: org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, C:\groovy\bin\use.class: 1: unexpected char: 0xBA @ line 1, column 3. ╩■║╛ /☺◄☺ ♥use ☺☺ ↕groovy/lang/Script ♥☺ ^ 1 error
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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment -

you are not supposed to run a .class file this way. The .class file is supposed to be run using the java command.

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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment - you are not supposed to run a .class file this way. The .class file is supposed to be run using the java command.
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Paul King added a comment -

The following works fine on both windows and Linux:

groovy -e "println 'hello'"
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Paul King added a comment - The following works fine on both windows and Linux: groovy -e "println 'hello'"
blackdrag blackdrag made changes -
Fix Version/s 1.6.x [ 15537 ]
blackdrag blackdrag made changes -
Fix Version/s 1.8.x [ 15750 ]
Fix Version/s 2.x [ 17013 ]
Fix Version/s 1.7.x [ 15538 ]
Pascal Schumacher made changes -
Fix Version/s 1.8.x [ 15750 ]
Fix Version/s 2.x [ 17013 ]
Component/s command line processing [ 10445 ]

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    Reporter:
    Mike Dillon
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