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ASF GitHub Bot commented on GROOVY-8778: ---------------------------------------- Github user danielsun1106 commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/792#discussion_r216113948 --- Diff: subprojects/parser-antlr4/src/main/java/org/apache/groovy/parser/antlr4/AstBuilder.java --- @@ -2337,14 +2337,11 @@ public Expression visitPathElement(PathElementContext ctx) { this.visitNamedPropertyArgs(ctx.namedPropertyArgs()); Expression right; - if (mapEntryExpressionList.size() == 1) { - MapEntryExpression mapEntryExpression = mapEntryExpressionList.get(0); - - if (mapEntryExpression.getKeyExpression() instanceof SpreadMapExpression) { - right = mapEntryExpression.getKeyExpression(); - } else { - right = mapEntryExpression; - } + if (mapEntryExpressionList.size() == 0) { + // expecting list of MapEntryExpressions later so use SpreadMap to smuggle empty MapExpression to later stages + right = new SpreadMapExpression(configureAST(new MapExpression(), ctx.namedPropertyArgs())); --- End diff -- It's better to `configureAST` the instance of `SpreadMapExpression` too, or its node position will be missing. > Cast short-hand breaks for empty map > ------------------------------------ > > Key: GROOVY-8778 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8778 > Project: Groovy > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 3.0.0-alpha-3 > Reporter: Paul King > Assignee: Paul King > Priority: Major > Labels: breaking > > We support: > {code} > println Date[time:0] > def map = [time:0] > println Date[*:map] > map = [:] > println Date[*:map] > {code} > but not: > {code} > println Date[:] > {code} > This is a breaking change since we currently support printing an empty map > without brackets but would require them after this change: > {code} > println [:] > {code} > would need to be: > {code} > println([:]) > {code} > But we require the brackets for lists (empty and non-empty) and non-empty > maps already. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)