John Flinchbaugh created GROOVY-7485: ----------------------------------------
Summary: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis'... when trying to call instance method as default for a constructor parameter Key: GROOVY-7485 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-7485 Project: Groovy Issue Type: Bug Components: Compiler Affects Versions: 2.4.3 Environment: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode) Seen in java 7 too. Reporter: John Flinchbaugh Priority: Minor % groovyc StaticDefault.groovy # the code below {code} class StaticDefault { def name StaticDefault(name = getName()) { this.name = name } private getName() { 'name' } } {code} And see a big the stacktrace: {code} >>> a serious error occurred: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in >>> source unit 'StaticDefault.groovy' unexpected NullpointerException >>> stacktrace: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'StaticDefault.groovy' unexpected NullpointerException at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1057) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:588) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:566) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:543) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:522) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.compile(FileSystemCompiler.java:59) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.doCompilation(FileSystemCompiler.java:215) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.commandLineCompile(FileSystemCompiler.java:148) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.commandLineCompileWithErrorHandling(FileSystemCompiler.java:178) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.main(FileSystemCompiler.java:162) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.rootLoader(GroovyStarter.java:106) at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.main(GroovyStarter.java:128) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier$1.visitVariableExpression(StaticVerifier.java:84) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.VariableExpression.visit(VariableExpression.java:70) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitMethodCallExpression(CodeVisitorSupport.java:129) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodCallExpression.visit(MethodCallExpression.java:64) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier.visitConstructorOrMethod(StaticVerifier.java:79) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructor(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:119) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1079) at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:50) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier.visitClass(StaticVerifier.java:42) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$6.call(CompilationUnit.java:209) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1052) ... 15 more {code} Switching the method used for the default to a static method fixes the problem, but I'm guessing you likely wanted to give a better message out of the compiler. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)