I tried this script: class QueensBase { int N = 2
double doFitness(List <Integer> board) { List <Integer> leftDiagonal = new ArrayList(2*N) List <Integer> rightDiagonal = new ArrayList(2*N) double sum = 0.0D for ( i in 1 .. 2*N) { leftDiagonal[i] = 0 rightDiagonal[i] = 0 } for ( i in 1 .. N) { leftDiagonal[i+board[i]-1]++ rightDiagonal[N-i+board[i]]++ } for ( i in 1 .. ((2*N) - 1)) { int counter = 0 if ( leftDiagonal[i] > 1) counter += leftDiagonal[i] - 1 if ( rightDiagonal[i] > 1) counter += rightDiagonal[i] - 1 sum += counter / (N - Math.abs(i-N)) } // target fitness is 0.0 // sum can be negative so return absolute value return Math.abs(sum) } } println new QueensBase().doFitness(1..16) It worked for me in the Groovy Web Console, Intellij IDEA 2017.3.5 pointing to 2.4.15, and the GroovyConsole for 2.4.15 and 2.3.0. Perhaps we need a bigger sample to track down your issue. Cheers, Paul. On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:39 PM, Kerridge, Jon <j.kerri...@napier.ac.uk> wrote: > Daniel, > > > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. > > > I have converted to groovy2.4.15 and the same error occurs. I am running > under Intellij IDE and had downloaded the sdk bundle. > > > Jon > > > > > Professor Jon Kerridge > School of Computing > Edinburgh Napier University > Merchiston Campus > Edinburgh EH10 5DT > > 0131 455 2777 > j.kerri...@napier.ac.uk > http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/~cs10/ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Daniel.Sun <sun...@apache.org> > *Sent:* 12 April 2018 18:22:39 > *To:* d...@groovy.incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Compiler bug > > Please try Groovy 2.4.15. > > Cheers, > Daniel.Sun > > > > -- > Sent from: http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Groovy-Dev-f372993.html > > This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only > and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any > person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the > sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action > based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them > to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and > its attachment(s) are deleted. > > It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its > attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier > University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may > result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions > arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering > Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and > filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. > > Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration > number SC018373 >