Aseem Bansal created GROOVY-7625:
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Summary: Slashy string in groovy allows brackets but double quoted
string does not. Why?
Key: GROOVY-7625
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-7625
Project: Groovy
Issue Type: Documentation
Reporter: Aseem Bansal
Priority: Minor
This
println("$()")
gives me a compiler error "Either escape a dollar sign or bracket the value
expression"
But this
println(/$()/)
prints `$()` fine. No errors
Why is there a difference? The only documented difference is that slashy
strings make working with backslashes easier. I understand that a variable name
cannot start with a bracket so it should be possible to make that special case.
Is that the case for the slashy strings?
Just came across this when doing something with regex.
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