paulk-asert commented on a change in pull request #1392:
URL: https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/1392#discussion_r499121500



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File path: 
src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java
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@@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@ public void visitStaticMethodCallExpression(final 
StaticMethodCallExpression cal
             // in that order
             List<Receiver<String>> receivers = new LinkedList<>();
             addReceivers(receivers, makeOwnerList(new 
ClassExpression(receiver)), false);
-            List<MethodNode> mn = null;
+            List<MethodNode> mn = Collections.emptyList();
             Receiver<String> chosenReceiver = null;
             for (Receiver<String> currentReceiver : receivers) {
                 mn = findMethod(currentReceiver.getType(), name, args);

Review comment:
       That's true of course @nescohen about allocation for 
`Collections.emtpyList()` though it might still be confusing. We are assigning 
a list that we currently don't think the code would ever use. If we had 
@NonNull or similar or `final`  it would be the way to go.




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