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Groovy 4.0.0

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What's new in this version:

Fixed:
- STC: inconsistent support for assignment of list literals
- @CompileStatic fails to unify types
- TracingInterceptor throws NullPointerException if arguments contains a null argument
- STC: method call with GString elements in list/array has different error from assignment
- Combining flow typing and type argument inference does not work as expected
- Dollar slashy /$ string ending in backslash "breaks" the parser
- STC: NamedParams error for method call argument
- Compiler crash when encountering function reference on nested class
- NPE in static compiler
- STC infers Closure instead of SAM for method references
- STC fails when calling a generic method from another generic method
- STC: return type for unresolved placeholder with bound resolved to Object
- STC: Wrong type inferred for lambda parameter in a generic method
- STC does not support self bounded types
- Inferred parameter type of lambda expression for multi-dimensions array is not correct
- MissingMethodException for pointer/reference from Class instance to Class method
- STC: no type parameter inference for variadic method called with fewer arguments than parameters
- STC: multiple-assignment from tuple-bearing static method
- STC: Wrong return value type inferred for generic method with upper bound without parameters
- SC: closure with variadic parameter
- SC: closure with default argument(s)
- Static compiler incorrectly typechecks extension modules
- groovyc does not perform unboxing on Character type
- Closure with type argument inference does not work as expected
- Incompatible generic argument types when combining subtyping and closures
- Class.isCase() documentation does not clarify that Class.isCase(SomeClass) is false, or why
- STC misses type error when calling a vararg method
- STC does not perform boxing on chars when encountering assignment and function call
- STC: type argument not applied to error message
- SC: GroovyCastException for map value as constructor for Collection
- Incompatible generic argument types on closure's return type
- STC misses type checks on default arguments
- CLONE - Better propagation of InterruptedException (additional cases)
- Unexpected behaviour when the return type of a closure is a type parameter
- Type checking fails when calling trait method using indirect SelfType relation
- SC: runtime error for default argument call expression
- STC error for call to static trait method from closure
- Cannot assign null to a variable with a bounded generic type
- compiler crash during canonicalization
- StackOverflowError in STC
- @AnnotationCollector does not work with JUnit 5
- Wrong cast in stubs generated
- FP Cycle detected in type parameter that extends another type parameter
- Cannot assign closure with long as return type to java.util.function.Function<X, Number>
- XmlUtil.serialize() Emoji bug
- Inconsistent method selection for [Bb]oolean properties
- Groovy console can not highlight token properly sometimes
- NPE in InnerClassVisitor for non-static inner class CCE within two AICs
- Calling method on specific trait fails when on different files
- Support JDK16
- Compilation failure: ClassCastException
- RootLoader cannot be set as system class loader in Java 12+
- Cannot call T#method(arg) with arguments <arg>
- @CompileStatic and @NullCheck make compiler fail
- STC: instanceof and for-in variable type
- STC: instanceof and DGM each(Map,Closure)
- Groovy 3 AST for annotated fields reports wrong lastLineNumber if field not initialized
- NPE in SecureASTCustomizer with indirectImportCheckEnabled
- Different treatment of property expressions in closures from 2.4 to 2.5
- File.withWriter and Path.withWriter are inconsistent
- NoSuchMethodError during static field inlining is not caught, unlike NoSuchFieldException
- ASTTest cannot reference types from transform classpath
- Static scope error for variable in non-static method of static inner class
- Type inference does not work with GDK class enhancements
- BUG! exception in phase 'instruction selection' when non-existent method called
- Unexpected type mismatch when having conflicting type parameter names
- Unable to infer the type parameter of a parameterized function
- Unexpected NullPointerException during the "instruction selection" phase
- STC fails to substitute type variable in the presence of the diamond operator and a function call
- Question mark in the attribute for a class name
- Unexpected generics parameter arity mismatch in the "instruction selection" phase
- Massive increase in memory usage due to CacheableCallSite
- Groovyc throws Stackoverflow error on generic class with lower bound
- STC: Generic type of Set not correctly resolved when calling ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet()
- Parser fails to parse a single-statement lambda when omitting parentheses for method call
- @CompileStatic @Canonical inner class throws RTE: NoSuchMethodError: java.util.Map.withDefault
- GroovyCastException when @CompileStatic and !in keyword are used together
- IOOBE thrown when parsing switch-expression without branches
- Groovy ResolveVisitor runs twice
- Generated stubs missing method from traits with array parameter
- Erroneous type inference of closure in STC
- STC: cannot return closure from method without casting
- STC: no error for incompatible type bounds on return value
- @NamedVariant: Default parameters on ctor/method are ignored when passing some named parameters
- MethodNode#getText can output incorrect modifiers
- STC: Stackoverflow Error when passing function reference to closure
- STC fails to catch type error on the return type of lambdas
- Type variable substitution does not work well when running into chain of field accesses
- STC: false positive for BiFunction and BinaryOperator with same type parameter
- Cannot assign type parameter whose bound is a parameterized type that takes a wildcard
- Regression with static and non static class mixing
- STC fails to substitute type variable when using the diamond operator and calling a closure
- Variable's inferred type is upcasted to an Object
- Groovy compiler generates invalid Java stubs
- StackOverflowError on Java 16+ for override method that delegates to super
- Compiler NPE within CompileStack#clear
- STC rejects program when assigning a closure that returns a class field
- SC incorrectly reports "access to Object#field" is forbidden
- Improper type variable substitution when involving type parameters with conficting names
- STC is unable to call parameterized function
- MetaClassImpl creates static meta property for non-static field and getter (no setter)
- MissingMethodException in method with default parameter in trait - regression in 3.0.9
- finally block produces long sequence of nop instructions
- Unable to infer type variable of parameterized function that expects two parameters
- Type variable substitution does not work properly on parameterized function's return type
- Weird behavior of !in operator
- Groovy3 CompileStatic bug: Method clone is protected in java.lang.Object
- Generics failed to compile with Groovy 3.0.9 when overriding plus operator
- Type variable of function does not shadow the corresponding type variable of class
- Compiler crashes on parameterized function with duplicate type variables
- STC is unable to infer type variable when combining parameterized types and the diamond operator
- STC: error for map*.value assignment
- STC: missing error for map*.key assignment
- STC: incorrect type inference for list, map, etc. with lower bound generics
- import static star: add support for static callable property
- STC instantiates type variable with a wrong type when calling an instance method of the same class
- STC crashes when passing method reference to an inner closure
- STC rejects program on compiling constructor initialization with a wildcard type
- STC instantiates parameterized function with a wrong type leading to unsoundness
- STC crashes when bound has two wildcard types as type arguments
- STC: lowed bound wildcard inference produces false positives
- Wrong type argument is inferred on combining use-site variance and diamond operator
- SC: cast exception for private property access from lambda
- Error for super class and super interface methods of same name
- SC: IncompatibleClassChangeError when calling interface default method from non-public interface
- SC: operands evaluated multiple times for <=> operator on reference types
- Static import is not applied for custom println method since 2.5.1
- LazyFieldNode never equals itself
- Dollar slashy string is too greedy
- unchecked method invocation warning in generated stubs
- STC: cannot set non-static outer class property via setter method
- STC: stack overflow for elvis assignment with explicit setter
- SC: stack overflow for optimized boolean on private inner class with inner class(es)
- "sealed" not usable as a restricted identifier
- ClassNode isRecord and isSealed not useful before AST transformation
- No error/warning for @Delegate introducing conflicting interface generics
- Include public fields in the list of properties returned by MetaClassImpl#getProperties() *
- Sealed classes incorrectly allow a self-reference in the permitted subclasses
- Inconsistent exception upon accessing empty property
- Compilation of constructor calls inside CompileDynamic constructors fails with ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
- Seems like ClosureMetaClass#invokeMethod does not respect the interceptable nature of the owner/delegate
- Expression underlying a spread map expression is evaluated twice
- unable to reference one static closure from another without class name prefix
- Cannot override methods via metaclass that are part of an interface implementation
- CLONE -Wrong generation of import statements in stubs
- Joint compiler + @Delegate fail to recognize method signature with default value
- GroovyInterceptable (AOP) not working with closures
- Adding "return" automatically in nested switch statements
- Incorrect "Possible solutions" when calling a method on super in a non-derived class
- groovy compiler ignores import * for static nested classes in java sources
- Same interface can be implemented with two different generic types
- JsonOutput.toJson(object) is not returning expected results
- @Delegate to a method with optional params
- Statically imported method vs other methods with the same name
- Inconsistency with accessing issers as properties
- Different ways of extending a class functionality esp. adding getProperty inconsistent
- Static property reference from static context in script does not compile
- Closure property in Binding used as Closure delegate cannot be called
- Incorrect resolve of category property for String
- Accessing private constructor from a static factory
- Log4j, Commons, Slf4j ast transforms are broken in Groovy-Eclipse
- Array assignment with operator does double call for index expression and array part
- Using super.propertyName gives a MissingMethodException when the property is a boolean and uses the "isPropertyName" naming convention.
- groovyc ant task generates invalid stub (picks wrong constructor) and fails in Java 1.7 compilation
- onMethodSelection() doesn't fire when setter is called with property syntax
- Problem With @CompileStatic And Typed Collections
- groovysh in Windows 7/8/10 doesn't support arrow keys and Del
- Read vs Write to members of base script supplied by @BaseScript is inconsistent
- "Expecting to find object/array on stack" VerifyError when passing static member as argument to chained ctor call
- StackOverflow Exception when calling super.method when extending java class
- Problem With Anonymous Inner Enum
- CompileStatic: ListAssignment takes precedence over Coercion when statically compiling
- CompileStatic: ListAssignment for String takes precendence over Coercion when statically compiling
- String[] + String[] gives Object[] *
- STC: AIC cannot resolve overridden method of outer class
- @CompileStatic not recognising Literal list when LHS is a concrete list type
- Static compilation fails with multiple bounds generics
- Reference to static member of parent class in enum constructor fails at runtime
- Bug with annotation with closure on method of anonymous class
- Semantic of access super fields is not consistent: super.@field == super.field
- Generic method declaration should see the super class
- type inference problem with List of Interface and List of the class which implements the interface
- Script.getProperty vs Script.setProperty asymmetry
- Delegation inconsistent between methods and properties in nested closures *
- @Memoized ignored in trait methods
- Cannot mutate private field from within an AIC or a closure
- Invalid stub generated for a constructor using a generic bounded parameter
- Interact Closures withing Groovy Trait methods are not recognized by the implementing class
- Method "with()" fails to call on the object reference in Trait
- Static Compilation with Diamond of local EnumMap<>
- type checker should use superclass bound when expected by generics
- ineffient code generation
- CompileStatic confuses statically importing an instance and statically importing a method
- ArrayStoreException assigning GStringImpl to String[] when using Indy
- Problem With Runtime Metaprogramming Over A Trait Method
- Static import of a static property causes joint compilation to fail
- Cannot call Trait method from Closure when using static compilation
- java.lang.IllegalAccessError occurs when attempting to run code built with CompileStatic
- Closure to SAM coercion doesn't handle overloads with different SAM signatures
- JsonBuilder or JsonOutput incompatible with JodaTime
- Can not see local variable from overriden method called from the constructor of an anonymous class instance
- TypeChecked Groovy does not throw illegal assignment error at compile time when using raw generic type
- org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException in Groovy ".with { ... }" - Block
- Type incompatibility of generic placeholders not detected on assignment
- @Lazy does not work when used in a Trait
- Extended generic types with var args isn't compiled if they contains in different files
- Trait method calling closure cannot be inherited while using CompileStatic
- Closure generic parameters ignored and return types missing from collections methods
- asType(Collection col, Class clazz) ingnores exceptions in clazz constructor
- Lack of compilation error while statically compiled the closure.
- Expect compilation error while resolving generic types
- A field and a property with the same name and both having an initial value leads to an ambiguity over what the initial value should be, so should fail compilation *
- Problem With Trait Generics
- Static compiling fails type checking with generics
- Compile error when using generic type with lower bound
- Trait properties with 'with'
- Reference outer class property via inner class
- MarkupBuilder cant yield before first tag
- Could not call constructor of inner class from anonimous class inside closure
- Stack overflow between WideningCategories lowestUpperBound and parameterizeLowestUpperBound
- Groovy allows a Java class to inherit static methods from its interface
- Map-style constructor call, inner class and static compilation
- void tail calls in closures break @CompileStatic type inference
- Bug in @AutoImplement
- methodMissing not executed when the delegate is an inner class
- getMetaClass should be annotated as (JavaBeans) transient
- Static compilation with generic function wrapping BiFunction causes GroovyCastException
- Issue With Static Compiler And Generics
- Anonymous inner class results in cast exception with @Category applied
- @CompileStatic, generic with 'extends' bug: Expected parameter of type ? but got A
- CompileStatic fails with Guava Multimap#asMap
- Putting key on generic Map fails when using CompileStatic
- Groovy Script execution fails when comparing decimal values against decimal constant without leading 0
- Calling indirect default interface methods fails both dynamic/static compiled
- += in CompileStatic dynamically sets property instead of using setter
- Cannot resolve array of inner class from type in same package (no import)
- Invalid this reference in nested class
- Stub generator doesn't handle package-info
- Closure inside trait cannot use Closure's delegate variables
- CLONE - Compile Static causes getAt to fail (advanced cases)
- StreamingMarkupBuilder adds namespace on elements not expected
- List literal type inference does not take its context into account
- @CompileStatic ignores declared type and forces a cast when inside a closure
- Can not call a java parameterized type method from groovy with java enum. Compile error
- Cannot pass generic list into explicit setter
- STC ignores declaration type
- Cannot assign Collection to Array
- Can assign Collection with super wildcard to Array
- Access to private fields and methods from subclass exhibits strange behavior
- Static type checking fails on java.sql.Timestamp when compared to null
- Bad code green: empty list literal with each method
- STC: explicit declared variable type ignored in favor of assigned value type(s)
- Debugger Step Into doesn't work in Groovy-compiled classes
- SC: subclass access to package-private or private field is not indicated as an error
- Seems to be a gap in method reference support
- groovyc doesn't keep RetentionPolicy in generated bytecode
- Groovy fails when a script starts with a #
- trait property throws MissingPropertyException when read using qualified super expression
- trait qualified-super expressions fail when inside closure
- Groovy does not ignore second bash directive
- CCE in closure shared variable assignment
- ASM: rework line numbers for blocks with fast-path, try/catch or return statement insertion
- Inconsistent support for [Bb]oolean properties
- Access to outer class private field from closure leads to ClassCastException (@CompileStatic)
- Field initialized in a trait using tap doesn't work correctly
- Using this.method() in closures inside BuilderSupport subclasses doesn't dispatch properly
- STC regression using increment/decrement operators on custom bean accessors in Groovy 3.0.0
- Casting the superclass object and calling it stack overflows
- GroovyClassLoader as system class loader fails in Groovy 3
- Captured arguments in closures are not annotated with @Generated
- CLONE - Closures are maybe not Threadsafe
- GroovyScriptEngine cannot recompile a class that uses generic parameters
- Annotations on annotation methods are missing in the AST
- Regression in end of line handling between 2.5.9 and 3.0.0
- Junit 5 IncompatibleClassChangeError
- org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.GroovySunClassLoader is unusable
- Writable is not on classpath for compilation when using maven repository
- Groovy 3.0.1 : @Delegate does not work with default getter
- Incorrect type inference on map[key]
- @CompileStatic non-static inner class instantiation in closure
- Regression in GString handling
- Illegal reflective access warnings occurred when getting property
- grammar ambiguity with ternary expression being confused with safe indexing
- Missing throws clause of constructor declaration in java stubs
- Mutliple methods with the same name now fail before AST transformations can fix it
- DefaultGroovyMethods findIndexOf method can't use startIndex
- Multiple Repeatable Annotations Container generated if an explicit container is present and an implicit one required
- STC: regression for instanceof on generic field/property
- STC: no error for if (!(x instanceof T)) x.methodFromT()
- Line number information for automatically inserted return statements quirky
- Groovy 3 Compilation Failure with method with argument Class<?> called with Class<D>
- Groovy 3 BUG! exception in phase 'conversion' in source unit Caused by NullPointerException
- STC: no type check error for invalid method pointer or reference
- GroovyDoc: class-header is not always displayed
- Original exception during global AST transformation no longer preserved in error message
- FastStringServiceFactory SPI loading in OSGi
- New v9 ClassFinder throws NoSuchFileException/UnsupportedOperationException and writes it to stderr
- Console exits when Cancel is clicked on the "Save changes" dialog
- metaclass is not initialized
- package.html files being ignored during javadoc generation when building on JDK9+
- MissingPropertyException for access to private static field from inner class when subclassing
- java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: This feature requires ASM8 on JDK 14 in Spock tests
- Joint compilation is broken
- JSP style loop in StreamingTemplateEngine template results in TemplateParseException
- groovyConsole CLI plumbing for --enable-preview command-line switch is missing one part
- Annotation spanning lines is not supported by Parrot
- MethodHandle with spread args should not be cached
- Static compiler infers wrong type for implicitly shared variables
- CompileStatic typeCasting runtime error from Class Array to Class List
- Closure argument types not inferred when calling a constructor
- Throwing NPE when I use ternary operator with something special
- VerifyError when referencing a private enum method
- Failed to reload classes with generic parameters
- Static type checking сannot choose between Map#getAt(Object) and Object#getAt(String) methods
- groovydoc multiple issues with generics
- Annotations on class signature are rendered incorrectly
- @see tags are not working properly
- groovydoc: properties claim to be "private" and don't show annotations
- @Field variable access within closures broken
- Stub generated without the effect of AST transformation makes joint compilation fail
- Wrong code for putAt on Map that is member of closure delegate
- Base class property causes CCE
- Default import for Proxy is wrong
- groovydoc: abstract methods do not have abstract modifier
- groovydoc: extra default constructor
- SC: new compiler error for access of static, non-final, outer-class field *
- Class-Level Closure Definition With Generics Fails TypeChecked
- groovydoc: annotation definitions, enums, interfaces, and traits have a default ctor
- groovydoc: byte[] shown as [B
- ConcurrentModificationException in Java9.concealedPackageList
- ASTNode.hashCode violates Object.hashCode contract: does not return consistent value
- Order of ModuleNode#getImports() is expected but not guaranteed
- STC: return type checking for generic, covariant property gives false error
- コンパイラで、クロージャから静的クラス変数を参照できない.
- CLONE - Error when creation a variable named "context"
- CLONE - SC: calling trait method inside closure has incorrect receivers data
- Scope of method call changed from non-static to static 2.4->2.5
- groovyCompile 6x slower in 3.0.4 than 2.5.6
- Compiler error for use of variable expression within tap closure
- CompileStatic: @ClosureParams in @DelegatesTo doesn't work
- CompileStatic: Runtime error: Access outer class property from static inner in @DelegatesTo
- Picocli-related VersionProvider helper classes should be public to avoid access warnings
- Parsing text into a class became much slower under Groovy 3.x
- Assignment of Map literal to Map element fails to compile (static)
- STC: method or property missing errors for Closure's getResolveStrategy(), etc.
- leftShift operator does not work on BigInteger (throws UnsupportedOperationException)
- Traits using generics generate incorrect stub for Methods
- Class generation regression in 3.0.5-ss: This method should not have been called
- ScriptBytecodeAdapter.getPropertyOnSuper fails with method missing for getProperty
- super.method() can trigger method on outer class in case of missing method
- Property reference resolves to field, not getter when property name is single upper-case letter *
- MetaClassImpl uses findPropertyInClassHierarchy inefficiently
- Java 8 Type Param Annotation Not Generated in Byte Code
- ClassNode hasPossibleMethod and tryFindPossibleMethod make inefficient use of getMethods(String) and getSuperClass()
- Generic types get mixed up
- Inner interface of parent class unresolved in anon. inner class expression
- Using Spock thrown() method causes IllegalAccessError for 2.0-M2-groovy-3.0 on JDK 8 with noverify switch
- Inconsistencies in JavaBean naming for property access
- Module changes for Groovy 4
- Bad error message when attempting to call a missing constructor
- SC: ClassCastException for comparison to single-character string literal in closure
- SC: ClassCastException on delegate object property set
- should not consider bridge methods when determining whether an overridden method annotated with @Override is valid
- JmxMetaMapBuilder.buildOperationMapFrom throw StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
- Infinite recursion exists in HashCodeHelper#updateHash(int, java.lang.Character)
- Since Groovy 3 ArrayExpression#sizeExpression can suddenly return null
- Groovy 3.0.5: Closure delegate is not working properly
- ConcurrentModificationException with ASTTransformation
- trait conflict resolution not available for static methods
- GroovyCastException when using Trait.super.name = ... with multiple setters
- Groovy2 indy not backward compatible missingMethod with Groovy3
- Groovy 3.0.5 references groovyjarjaropenbeans.BeanInfo (doesn't seem to be included in the distribution) and 3.0.0.rc1 uses java.beans.BeanInfo
- Method call "main" is replaced with StaticMethodCallExpression in script
- Adding extension method 'call' on ArrayList with Closure as a parameter stopped working in 3.0.x
- @CompileStatic does not use bridge methods for keyed map access
- SC: set groovy property written for variable expression assignment that should be direct setter call
- ASTTest annotation has runtime retention and transform removes required member from AST *
- DefaultGroovyMethods.reverse(T[], true) performs extra copy
- The '~' negate operator causes an ASM processing error when static compiled
- Groovy 3.0.5 varargs [Static type checking] - Cannot find matching method
- TypeChecked: NoSuchMethodError: DefaultGroovyMethods.plus(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
- @Sortable annotation always sorts by the parent properties
- groovyc fails when compiling class starting with unicode character
- 3.0 stubs include packages annotations on classes other than package-info.groovy
- CompareToNullExpression has empty implementation of transformExpression
- STC: incorrect error for actual vs inferred closure parameter type
- VerifyError if superclass has static and non-static overloads
- NPE in ClassNode.isDerivedFrom while compiling trait with Groovy 3.0.5
- STC: error for addAll with collect argument
- ASTTest is run for every SourceUnit in a CompilationUnit
- groovsh import of non existing class throws null pointer instead of syntax error
- NPE when trait with type parameter is implemented as raw type
- Wrong type resolved if method reference used with typed method
- Regression in groovyc 3.0 and 4.0 and Compile static with generic static method in trait
- STC: UnionTypeClassNode created for simple instanceof scenarios
- Groovy 3 generated lambda classes are marked as synthetic
- STC: "putAt" shortcut notation to outer class private field from Closure leads to GroovyCastException
- AnnotationCollectorTransform generates code not marked with @Generated
- Stub missing cast, depending on constructor order
- Inconsistency with callable properties in static context
- GroovyRowResult not assignable to Map<String, Object> with static type checker
- SC: cast exception for variable assigned within conditional blocks
- bootstrap method initialization exception raised when lambda parameter type is wrong
- SC: cross-package protected field access uses dynamic property methods
- println(-0.0f) does not comply with IEEE754
- Using a method reference causes a compiler error
- Static type checker forgets nested generic types
- Static compile of dynamically generated code produces different output in a top-level class and a nested class
- Method reference doesn't accept subtypes of argument
- Object not bound with Groovy (but works fine in Java)
- @AutoImplement does not consider declared properties
- STC: spread-safe and list property access error for CollType<? extends ItemType>
- StackOverflowError in STC
- CVE-2020-17521 Apache Groovy Information Disclosure
- interface constants from super interfaces lost in some contexts
- Better propagation of InterruptedException
- Migrate from Codehouse to Apache Groovy 4.0.0-alpha
- Static inner class of a static inner class is missing inner class table attribute
- STC infers too-narrow bounds for inline map
- Private field and method use from subclass is inconsistent
- Result is already complete (IllegalStateException) *
- Compiler does not resolve compile-time constants in string concatenation
- Groovy3 doesn't parse a function property when there's a new line between return value and function name
- compilation error when passing a closure's genericized parameters to a constructor under static compilation
- parsing bug when inner class references top level class fields in groovy 3
- General error during instruction selection: ClassCastException
- arithmetic using an implicit getter fails to compile with "BUG! exception in phase 'class generation'" under static compilation
- docgenerator not displaying array types correctly
- backspace does not work in the groovysh under SecureCRT connecting Linux
- Switch incorrectly falls through default case
- STC can't distinguish SAMs based on arity
- STC: field or property with parameterized SAM-type and closure initializer
- groovy3: setProperty does not work in sub classes
- STC doesn't coerce GString in certain ternary expressions
- Static type checking can't find default method overload on interface
- Wrongly detected incompatible generic arguments for Java collections
- STC: VerifyError when embedding unary pre/postfix inc/decrement operation of outer field in GString
- Wrong overloaded method selected
- Switch return statement transformation misses last case without break
- Memoization doesn't seem to work for trait methods
- Generic typecheck in @DelegatesTo doesn't work
- STC: @DelegatesTo error for incomplete arguments linked to first line of source
- Groovy 3 bug: references to an outer class's parent class variable fails
- ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when compiling method call with many overloaded methods
- Type tracked from instanceof condition is not captured in closure
- Cannot call super when overriding an interface default method
- Tuples with same collection values do not match
- map.collectEntries extension method variant returns Map<?,?>
- STC: call to static method fails with incompatible generics error
- IllegalArgumentException when set null to a boolean field into a closure
- NPE in static compiler when calling pathological method signature
- Several Sql#call variants incorrectly throw Exception rather than SqlException *
- MockFor/StubFor makes mocked internal method return null
- Bounded type parameter is not captured by closure
- int reference seems to not use its wrapper class
- Difference between Antlr2 and parrot parsers for variable declaration optimisation *
- VerifyError when instantiating class with @CompileStatic that implements a method with @DelegatesTo annotation.
- STC: Cannot find matching method when using Generics
- Cannot infer the right type in the presence of diamond operator
- @CompileStatic @POJO annotation on static inner class with @Immutable annotation
- Type from flow typing is not propagated in variable assignments
- JsonSlurper LAX parser skips the first character after comments
- IllegalAccessError exception is raised when accessing inherited static field
- Cannot infer correct type argument when passing a subtype of the declared type argument
- Generic type of field is not istantiated
- Build Error: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when the stars align...
- STC: Access to field/property is forbidden after instanceof.
- @TypeChecked Error: Members of Iterable<T extends Foo> are Foo, not Object
- Type argument inference does not work in closure
- @TypeChecked: Closure<String> no longer compatible with Closure<GString> argument
- LUB does not work correctly in case of ternary operator
- @CompileStatic: Binary operation with property throws ClassCastException
- @CompileStatic with Method References
- @CompileStatic does not work when a class field has a lambda initializer
- ASM reporting processing error
- CLONE - println(-0.0f) does not comply with IEEE754
- Can't assign a field with the result of a method call of the same name from a base class
- Type argument inference does not work in ternary operator
- Wrong type inference when passing null
- STC does not report type mismatches in array initializers
- STC: error for closure not matching functional interface method's parameter count
- CLONE - Field and a property with the same name: clarification of boundary cases *
- Type checking of array initializer expressions
- Wrong inference inside closure when having a bounded type parameter
- Cannot infer correct type argument when using subtyping
- STC: cast or coerce to functional interface fails to infer param types of closure/lambda
- Wildcards with a lower bound fail static type checking

Dependency upgrade:
- Bump jackson version to 2.12.2
- Bump checkstyle to 8.41.1
- Bump xstream to 1.4.16
- Bump JavaParser to 3.20.2
- Bump jansi to 2.3.2
- Bump log4j2 to 2.14.1
- Bump picocli to 4.6.1
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations to 4.2.2
- Bump json-unit to 2.25.0
- Bump asciidoctor versions
- Bump jackson to 2.12.3
- Bump Ant version to 1.10.10
- Bump spotbugs to 4.2.3
- Bump versions plugin to 0.38.0
- Bump Gradle to 6.8.3
- Bump junit to 5.7.1
- Bump Spock version to 2.0 final
- Bump javaparser to 3.22.1
- Bump xstream to 1.4.17
- Bump versions gradle plugin to 0.39.0
- Bump jansi to 2.3.3
- Bump gradle to 6.9
- Bump asm to 9.2
- Bump jackson version to 2.12.4
- Bump json-unit version to 2.27.0
- Bump Ant version to 1.10.11 (incorporates CVE-2021-36373 and CVE-2021-36374)
- Bump JUnit Jupiter/JUnit Platform to 5.7.2/1.7.2
- Bump slf4j to 1.7.31
- Bump Spotbugs version to 4.3.0
- Bump checkstyle to 8.44
- Bump gson to 2.8.7
- Bump Codenarc to 2.1.0
- Bump jansi to 2.3.4
- Bump Gradle to 6.9.1
- Bump xstream to 1.4.18
- Bump javaparser to 3.23.0
- Bump jackson version to 2.12.5
- Bump Spotbugs version to 4.4.0
- Bump Codenarc to 2.2.0
- Bump gradle to 7.2
- Bump asciidoctor gradle to 3.3.2
- Bump asciidoctorj to 2.5.2
- Bump junit5 to 5.8.0
- Bump JUnit5 to 5.8.1
- Bump jackson to 2.13.0
- Bump javaparser to 3.23.1
- Bump checkstyle to 9.0.1
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations to 4.4.2
- Bump jansi to 2.4.0
- Bump Commons CLI to 1.5.0
- Bump logback to 1.2.6
- Bump slf4j to 1.7.32
- Bump Ant version to 1.10.12
- Bump picocli to 4.6.2
- Bump gradle to 7.3-rc-5
- Bump gradle to 7.3
- Bump checkstyle to 9.1
- Bump japicmp plugin to 0.3.0
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations to 4.5.0
- Bump gson (test dependency) to 2.8.9
- Bump json-unit (test dependency) version to 2.28.0
- Bump logback to 1.2.7
- Bump jqwik (test dependency) to 1.6.0
- Bump junit to 5.8.2
- Bump bridger to 1.6.Final (build dependency)
- Bump gradle to 7.3.1 (build dependency)
- Bump jarjar to 1.8.0 (build dependency)
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.15.0 (test dependency)
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.16.0 (test dependency)
- Bump logback to 1.2.8 (test dependency)
- Bump gradle to 7.3.2 (build dependency)
- Bump jqwik to 1.6.1 (test dependency)
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations version to 4.5.2 (build dependencies)
- Bump checkstyle to 9.2 (build dependency)
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.17.0 (test dependency)
- Bump jqwik to 1.6.2 (test dependency)
- Bump jackson version to 2.13.1
- Bump gradle to 7.3.3 (build dependency)
- Bump hsqldb to 2.6.1 (test dependency)
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.17.1 (test dependency)
- Bump testng to 7.5
- Bump javaparser to 3.24.0
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations to 4.5.3 (build dependency)
- Bump logback to 1.2.10 (test dependency)
- Bump checkstyle to 9.2.1 (build dependency)
- Bump gradle versions plugin to 0.41.0 (build dependency)
- Bump slf4j to 1.7.33 (test dependency)
- Bump jqwik to 1.6.3 (test dependency)
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.12
- Bump gradle to 6.2.1
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.13
- Bump gradle to 6.2.2
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.15
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.17
- Bump ASM to 8.0
- Bump asm to 8.0.1
- Bump junit to 5.6.2
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.18
- Update Spotbugs/Spotbugs plugin to 4.0.2/4.0.5
- Bump javaparser to 3.15.21
- Bump testng to 7.2.0
- Bump spotbugs plugin to 4.0.8
- Bump gradle to 6.4
- Bump JavaParser to 3.15.22
- Bump Ant versions to address: [CVE-2020-1945] Apache Ant insecure temporary file vulnerability
- Bump gradle to 6.4.1
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.13.3
- Update Spotbugs/Spotbugs plugin to 4.0.3/4.2.0
- Bump gradle to 6.5
- Bump javaparser to 3.16.1
- Bump Spock to 2.0-M3-groovy-3.0
- Bump gradle to 6.5.1
- Bump checkstyle to 8.34
- Bump Jackson version to 2.11.1
- Bump Codenarc to 1.6
- Bump spotbugs/plugin to 4.0.6/4.4.4
- Bump rat to 0.7.0
- Bump picocli to 4.4.0 *
- Bump TestNG to 7.3.0
- Bump gradle to 6.6
- Bump spotbugs library/plugin to 4.1.1/4.5.0
- Bump versions plugin to 0.29.0
- Bump codenarc to 1.6.1
- Bump checkstyle to 8.35
- bump picocli to 4.5.0
- bump jackson version to 2.11.2
- Bump asciidoctor to 3.2.0
- Bump xstream to 1.4.13
- Bump JUnit5/platform to 5.7.0/1.7.0
- Bump gradle to 6.6.1
- Bump hsqldb to 2.5.1
- Bump picocli to 4.5.1
- Bump versions plugin to 0.33.0
- Bump spotbugs to 4.1.2
- Bump sonarqube plugin to 3.0
- Bump checkstyle to 8.36.1
- Bump ASM version to 9.0 and JDK 16 support
- Bump gradle to 6.7
- Bump javaparser to 3.16.2
- Bump Ant version to 1.10.9 (fixes Apache Ant CVE 2020-11979)
- Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations versions
- Bump JUnit4 version to 4.13.1 (includes security fix)
- Bump picocli version to 4.5.2
- Bump jackson to 2.11.3
- Bump javaparser to 3.16.3
- Bump Spock version to 2.0-M4-groovy-3.0
- bump jsp-api/servlet-api versions to 2.3.3/4.0.1
- Bump gradle to 6.7.1
- Bump xstream to 1.4.14
- Bump javaparser to 3.17.0
- Bump slf4j to 1.7.30
- Bump logback to 1.2.3
- Bump versions gradle plugin to 0.36.0
- Bump checkstyle to 8.37
- Bump japicmp gradle plugin to 0.2.9
- Bump log4j2 version to 2.14.0
- Bump Codenarc version to 2.0.0
- Bump findsecbugs plugin to 1.11.0
- Bump spotbugs plugin to 4.6.0
- Bump jackson to 2.12.0
- Upgrade Jansi to 2
- Bump antlr to 4.9.0
- Bump Gradle to 6.8
- Bump jansi to 2.1.1
- Bump xstream to 1.4.15
- Bump javaparser to 3.18.0
- Bump jackson to 2.12.1
- Bump Gradle to 6.8.1
- Bump checkstyle to 8.39
- Bump gradle to 6.8.2
- Bump Gradle to 6.8.2 and Gradle Enterprise Plugin to 3.5.2
- Bump ASM to 9.1 and add JDK17 constant
- Bump junit to 4.13.2
- Bump testng to 7.4.0
- Bump openbeans to 1.0.2

Documentation:
- Groovy match operator documentation should contain real examples and slashy strings reminder
- Groovy documentation does not describe how to instantiate empty maps in section where maps are first described

Improved:
- Eliminate some ambiguities while parsing
- @Lazy transform should check for explicit getters/setters *
- Add support for type conversion from Stream to array/collection/list/set
- SC: produce direct method call for assignment of collection to array
- Compiler writes multianewarray instruction for all non-initializer array allocations
- Compiler writes extra cast for Type[] to Object[]
- Eliminate redundant type cast
- STC: unresolved generics for return type of extension method call with full type arguments
- Add additional NamedParam annotations in ResourceGroovyMethods, NioExtensions and JsonSlurper
- STC sometimes requires explicit closure to SAM cast inside of another closure
- "del" ASCII character also should be escaped
- Groovy Console: Support JDKs without macOS Runtime Support for Java
- AST browser should show additional information *
- IndexedProperty AST transform should only provide the getter for immutable fields
- Consolidate methods for collecting interfaces *
- Support parsing multiple YAML documents
- Groovy 3 compilation errors are less accurate than Groovy 2
- Groovy should support sealed classes
- Eliminate ambiguities while parsing non-static class creator
- Add JDK18 constant
- Highlight source code in the AST browser smartly
- Provide a mechanism for users to enable Antlr4's SLL (fast but only simple) mode
- Avoid unnecessary security checks for each invocation
- Sealed classes should generate native class information for JDK17+
- @Final should have a boolean attribute to disable
- Align intersect which takes a closure/comparator ordering to be the same as other languages. *
- Support native record
- Add compiler option for logging class generation
- AnnotationCollector should not collect @Incubating which is a meta-annotation in Groovy
- Set target bytecode by JDK
- The Groovy Console About window could list Java/OS versions along with the Groovy version
- STC: cannot infer list or map type for method return
- Refine @ToString and @EqualsAndHashCode generation of fallback methods
- Refine records to not use system properties
- @ToString could provide annotation attributes to control further the format of the created toString
- Enhance records with additional helper methods
- Refine sealed classes to not use system properties
- "super" invocations of abstract methods should be caught at compile time with static compilation enabled
- Java8 does not load enum values into annotation attributes
- StaticTypeCheckingSupport#evaluateExpression can provide lightweight evaluation for simple expressions
- TupleConstructor could be improved to have a smarter mode for handling default values
- STC: check lambda or closure parameter types against target method
- SC: === and !== compiled to ScriptBytecodeAdapter#compareIdentical
- Provide a mechanism to prioritise AST transforms running at the same stage
- SC: !in compiled to ScriptBytecodeAdapter#isNotCase
- SC: <=> compiled to ScriptBytecodeAdapter#compareTo for primitives
- Prevents paging out the groovy console when minimized
- MethodNode toString() could add quotes when name contains spaces (or other non-identifier characters)
- Include `src/antlr` in the sources jar
- Add equals() and hashCode() methods to ImportNode
- Move AstBuilderTransformation Global xForm to separate module
- GString performance is slow with String's method
- Static type checks for closure parameters of methods
- map.foo = "bar" not optimized by the static compiler
- generics info can be improved for DGM methods with a collector
- Improve coercion / implicit cast of map literals for @CompileStatic
- Improve type inference for hash map -> Map<?, ?>
- Eliminate the additional resolving phase of compilation for better performance
- Support JDK15
- Groovy could provide some minimal methods to assist with migrating between Groovy versions
- Avoid unnecessary looking up default import classes when resolving types
- Make @NullCheck play nicer with @Immutable
- Added support for ScriptEngine.FILENAME behaviour
- Add a parse tree viewer to groovy console
- Support running as Java code in the Groovy console
- Support compiling as Java code in the Groovy console
- Groovy Ant task could support Ant resources
- Remove redundant code `Sentinel`
- Update and check if initialized via same field of metaclass
- Relax groovy.test.NotYetImplemented dependency on JUnit 4's AssertionFailedError *
- Add support for Path to slurper classes
- JavaShell should allow options to be passed
- Control the fallback threshold of indy with different switch
- Enable indy by default
- Remove antlr2 parser
- DGM: add toArray(Class) extension method for java.util.stream.Stream
- groovydoc: implemented interfaces not shown in class description
- groovydoc: $INIT static method shown on Groovy enums
- Also output aborted tests in JUnit 5 GroovyJUnitRunnerHelper
- Parse source codes in parallel
- Replace "groovy.generate.stub.in.memory" with "groovy.mem.stub"
- Rename whitelist/blacklist in SecureASTCustomizer to more meaningful names *
- return more specific type for ifS/ifElseS helper methods in GeneralUtils
- Adjust pom for groovy-test-junit5 so that junit-jupiter-api is compile time not runtime
- Initial support for reproducible builds
- Replace legacy data structure with Java collection *
- Improve the doco on the Groovy Console
- Improve the performance of GString
- Add java.io.File to immutable type list
- Tweak ManagedIdentityConcurrentMap for better performance
- Enhance immutability check
- Support coerce for @NamedVariant
- Compile error needed for illegal field modifier combination
- Remove org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes as implemented interface in most (all?) places *
- PropertyNode should be enriched to support getter/setter names
- Provide a way to filter illegal/discouraged characters when using MarkupBuilder
- EqualsAndHashCode should be enhanced to be POJO aware
- MapConstructor generated code should be POJO aware
- GroovyAssert should not depend on org.junit.Assert *
- Log generic mismatches extensively
- GroovyShell parse script use given context
- groovy-jmx: JmxMetaMapBuilder should support GString object names
- Show elapsed time in groovy console
- In generated closures, annotate generated call() methods with @Generated
- Add some DGM methods for primitive arrays
- DGM methods via dgminfo not enabled for int[][], long[][], double[][]
- Add DGM `asReversed` to `List`
- GroovyClassLoader#fileReallyExists is inefficient
- Replace legacy data structure with Java collection(SingleKeyHashMap) *
- Make Gradle build fully cacheable
- Add `@Pure` to mark constant result of method

New Feature:
- CLONE - left-open and full-open ranges (consider adjusting containsWithinBounds behavior) *
- Support sealed type grammar
- Groovy should have a @Final AST transform
- Provide a helper factory class to assist with porting
- Support record grammar
- Improvements to DGM: provide a set union and minus which take a closure/comparator
- Ability to create missing parent directories when using File.write()
- Type arguemnt checking
- Final field assignment check on static compilation
- Groovy should allow CompileStatic classes to not implement GroovyObject
- Groovy support for JSR 308/JEP 104 (Annotations in more places)
- [GEP] Create a LINQ-like DSL (basic cases)
- [GEP] Support LINQ, aka GINQ
- Support switch expression
- SecureASTCustomizer: add support for allowing or blocking entire package trees
- Implement JavaShell to run Java code
- Groovy should provide a Maven BOM
- Groovy could provide an AST transform to hook into platform logging (JEP 264)
- left-open and full-open ranges
- Absorb GContracts project into Groovy project
- There should be a mechanism to disable individual macro methods & extension methods
- provide a library of pre-canned macro methods
- Groovy 4 should provide some pre-canned type checker extensions
- We should provide shouldFail/assertScript variants which take a shell
- Provide a record-like equivalent
- ToString AST transformation should be enhanced to be POJO aware
- Support TOML
- Enhance Closure annotation value (as Closure class) to Arrays
- Add DGM `getPid`

Proposal:
- Groovy4 NV Macros: Rename NV* -> SV*

Sub-task:
- [JDK16] Illegal access to dynamic proxy
- [JDK16] Failed to invoke default method of proxy
- Can't call a Closure in a Closure's Delegete
- Static inner classes not visible to child classes

Task:
- Remove groovy-jaxb module from Groovy 4
- Remove BSF from Groovy 4
- Move stream-related extension methods to StreamGroovyMethods
- Prepare for deprecation of security manager (JEP-411)
- Refactor: split formatting methods out of InvokerHelper
- Refactor: split formatting methods out of InvokerHelper (allow separate control of escapeBackslashes) *
- Remove GroovyDoc JANSI dependency
- VMPlugin refactor: Coalesce Java5 through Java7 into Java8 *
- Rework gradle build to use modern conventions
- Rework gradle build to use modern conventions - test remediation
- Rework gradle build to use modern conventions - doc remediation
- Rework gradle build to use modern conventions - better support "provided" concept *
- Prepare for bintray/jcenter sunset
- Investigate impact of Bintray/JCenter shutdown (grape config aspects)

Technical Debt:
- Rework runtime script member resolution

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