Github user jwagenleitner commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/292#discussion_r56734403 --- Diff: src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/GStringExpression.java --- @@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ */ public class GStringExpression extends Expression { - private String verbatimText; - private List<ConstantExpression> strings = new ArrayList<ConstantExpression>(); - private List<Expression> values = new ArrayList<Expression>(); + private final String verbatimText; + private final List<ConstantExpression> strings; + private final List<Expression> values; public GStringExpression(String verbatimText) { this.verbatimText = verbatimText; super.setType(ClassHelper.GSTRING_TYPE); + this.strings = new ArrayList<ConstantExpression>(); + this.values = new ArrayList<Expression>(); --- End diff -- This would cause a breaking change if any code relied on `#getStrings` or `#getValues` returning `null`. I would avoid this change.
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