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Switch to a primitive representation of constants

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Currently, constants such as
public static final int type = 32
are not internally represented as primitives.
This leads to oddities such as a constant being unusable in switch statements.
Since recent versions of the compile now know primitives, it would be nice if the internal representation was changed.

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Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. GROOVY-5292 Stub generation doesn't handle 'protected' multi-line String correctly.

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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment -

for clarification.... the 32 is a primitive int, but the init is done in cinit, while the bytecode supports the value being set directly for primitives. Only if the value is set directly, it is supported in a java switch before java7.

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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment - for clarification.... the 32 is a primitive int, but the init is done in cinit, while the bytecode supports the value being set directly for primitives. Only if the value is set directly, it is supported in a java switch before java7.
Cedric Champeau made changes -
Field Original Value New Value
Status Open [ 1 ] Resolved [ 5 ]
Assignee Cedric Champeau [ melix ]
Fix Version/s 2.0-beta-2 [ 18072 ]
Fix Version/s 1.8.5 [ 18071 ]
Resolution Fixed [ 1 ]
Paul King made changes -
Status Resolved [ 5 ] Closed [ 6 ]
Paul King made changes -
Link This issue is related to GROOVY-5292 [ GROOVY-5292 ]

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  • Assignee:
    Cedric Champeau
    Reporter:
    Fat Zopilot
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