Changelog for Groovy 4.0.12

Bug

• [GROOVY-10920] - Compiler exception with void expression as while condition with CompileStatic
• [GROOVY-10972] - Issue in resolving overloaded method reference
• [GROOVY-10994] - Fail to resolve method reference with generics
• [GROOVY-10996] - Compilation issue in Groovy 4
• [GROOVY-11001] - AIOOBE when using method reference in nested lambda
• [GROOVY-11003] - Cannot find method with variable arguments when using fully qualified class names
• [GROOVY-11007] - STC: instanceof guard for property loses type information
• [GROOVY-11009] - STC resolves wrong method reference
• [GROOVY-11011] - SC: array instanceof guard and length or subscript
• [GROOVY-11012] - Wrong type is inferred when calling method defined in the parent class
• [GROOVY-11019] - joint compilation: public static final string does not compile
• [GROOVY-11020] - NullPointerException in instruction selection when calling parameterized function whose type parameter has an upper bound corresponding to a SAM type
• [GROOVY-11023] - SC: IncompatibleClassChangeError when closure direct-targets extension method
• [GROOVY-11024] - STC NPE when using Collectors.toMap() with a generic result
• [GROOVY-11028] - STC: empty map (or list) literal does not type check like emptyMap()
• [GROOVY-11029] - SC: super property is not accessible by a subclass that defines a getter and setter
• [GROOVY-11030] - CompileStatic: string concatenation in method parameter default value results in NoSuchMethodError
• [GROOVY-11036] - StackOverflowError in cyclic interface inheritance
• [GROOVY-11041] - Incorrect property handling for records
• [GROOVY-11044] - SC: property access within closure produces cast exception

Dependency upgrade

• [GROOVY-11016] - Bump javaparser to 3.25.2
• [GROOVY-11018] - Bump picocli to 4.7.2
• [GROOVY-11031] - Bump jackson/jackson-databind to 2.15.0
• [GROOVY-11032] - Bump picocli to 4.7.3
• [GROOVY-11033] - Bump JUnit Jupiter/JUnit Platform to 5.9.3/1.9.3
• [GROOVY-11037] - Bump logback-classic to 1.3.7 (test dependency)
• [GROOVY-11043] - Bump javaparser to 3.25.3
• [GROOVY-11045] - Bump testng to 7.5.1

Improvement

• [GROOVY-10758] - Improve error message when using generic ClassNodes in ASTT
• [GROOVY-11015] - [GINQ]Leverage the power of Virtual Thread
• [GROOVY-11040] - Optimisations for bytecode for record generated methods