Github user paulk-asert commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/groovy/commit/7e7b508c02bf35e72fca1efcb7cc0d8a4f25038a#commitcomment-28346795
In src/antlr/GroovyLexer.g4:
In src/antlr/GroovyLexer.g4 on line 317:
I don't see this as a case of it can be done so it should be done. Do we
really want to do it? For me, I'd like us to have a consistent story across all
Strings. We don't support a trailing slash in a slashy string for instance.
`def x = /1234//` and for that matter, why not for single quoted strings?
`def y = '1234''`
More eyeballs might bring up other cases too.
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