[jira] [Commented] (GROOVY-7932) Cannot call private constructor from closures with @CompileStatic

["Shil Sinha (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Shil Sinha commented on GROOVY-7932:
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The static compiler needs to generate bridge methods for constructors.

> Cannot call private constructor from closures with @CompileStatic
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GROOVY-7932
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-7932
>             Project: Groovy
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Static compilation
>    Affects Versions: 2.4.7, 2.5.x
>         Environment: Ubuntu 16.04
> openjdk version "1.8.0_91"
>            Reporter: Cazacu Mihai
>
> {code:title=Test.groovy|borderStyle=solid}
> import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
> @CompileStatic
> interface Handler<E> {
>     void handle(E event)
> }
> @CompileStatic
> class Person {
>     final String name
>     // marking this method as 'protected' will fix the issue
>     private Person(String name) {
>         this.name = name
>     }
>     static void load(String name, Handler<Person> handler) {
>         Thread.start {
>             Person person = new Person(name)
>             handler.handle(person)
>         }
>     }
> }
> Person.load('John') { Person p ->
>     println p.name
> }
> {code}
> Error:
> {quote}
> Test.groovy: 20: Cannot call private constructor for Person from class Person$_load_closure1 @ line 20, column 20.
>    			Person person = new Person(name)
>                       ^
> 1 error
> {quote}



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