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Harsh Gupta updated GROOVY-8285: -------------------------------- Description: This snippet does not compile. {{import groovy.transform.CompileStatic @CompileStatic class Scratch { public static void main(String[] args) { List<bar> listA List<foo> listB = new ArrayList<>() listB.add(new foo()) listA = listB } } class bar{ public int blah(){return 12;} } class foo extends bar{ public int boo() {return 42;} } }} Compilation errors: {{repro.groovy: 10: [Static type checking] - Incompatible generic argument types. Cannot assign java.util.ArrayList <foo> to: java.util.List <bar> @ line 10, column 21. listA = listB ^ }} was: This snippet does not compile. ```import groovy.transform.CompileStatic @CompileStatic class Scratch { public static void main(String[] args) { List<bar> listA List<foo> listB = new ArrayList<>() listB.add(new foo()) listA = listB } } class bar{ public int blah(){return 12;} } class foo extends bar{ public int boo() {return 42;} } ``` Compilation errors: ```repro.groovy: 10: [Static type checking] - Incompatible generic argument types. Cannot assign java.util.ArrayList <foo> to: java.util.List <bar> @ line 10, column 21. listA = listB ^ ```` > Static compilation does not accept subclasses for generic arguments > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: GROOVY-8285 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8285 > Project: Groovy > Issue Type: Bug > Environment: Groovy Version: 2.4.12 JVM: 1.8.0_121 Vendor: Oracle > Corporation OS: Mac OS X > Reporter: Harsh Gupta > > This snippet does not compile. > {{import groovy.transform.CompileStatic > @CompileStatic > class Scratch > { > public static void main(String[] args) { > List<bar> listA > List<foo> listB = new ArrayList<>() > listB.add(new foo()) > listA = listB > } > } > class bar{ > public int blah(){return 12;} > } > class foo extends bar{ > public int boo() {return 42;} > } > }} > Compilation errors: > {{repro.groovy: 10: [Static type checking] - Incompatible generic argument > types. Cannot assign java.util.ArrayList <foo> to: java.util.List <bar> > @ line 10, column 21. > listA = listB > ^ > }} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)