Groovy compiler allows overriding final methods but class loading fails with java.lang.VerifyError

The following script compiles but when run, class loading fails saying "java.lang.VerifyError: class B overrides final method"

class A {
    def foo() {}
    final def bar() {}
}
class B extends A {
    def foo() {}
    def bar() {}
}
B

If I swap the order of method definitions in class B as:

class A {
    def foo() {}
    final def bar() {}
}
class B extends A {
    def bar() {}
    def foo() {}
}
B

then it correctly gives the error message "You are not allowed to overwrite the final method bar() from class 'A'."

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Roshan Dawrani added a comment - 11/Jan/10 8:14 AM

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Roshan Dawrani added a comment - 11/Jan/10 8:14 AM Fixed

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