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Daniil Ovchinnikov updated GROOVY-8152: --------------------------------------- Description: {code} println(String) // class java.lang.String println(String.class) // class java.lang.String println(String.class.class) // class java.lang.String println(String.class.class.class) // class java.lang.Class {code} While I understand that the first and the second lines are equivalent, I don't get behaviour of the third, which causes the following to work: {code} println(String[].class[].class.class[]) // class [[[Ljava.lang.String; {code} Expected result: {code} assert String.class.class == String.class.getClass() assert String[].class.class == String[].class.getClass() {code} was: {code} println(String) // class java.lang.String println(String.class) // class java.lang.String println(String.class.class) // class java.lang.String println(String.class.class.class) // class java.lang.Class {code} While I understand that the first and the second lines are equivalent, I don't get behaviour of the third, which causes the following: {code} println(String[].class[].class.class[]) // class [[[Ljava.lang.String; {code} Expected result: {code} assert String.class.class == String.class.getClass() assert String[].class.class == String[].class.getClass() {code} > Weird .class references > ----------------------- > > Key: GROOVY-8152 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8152 > Project: Groovy > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.5.0-alpha-1, 2.4.10 > Reporter: Daniil Ovchinnikov > > {code} > println(String) // class java.lang.String > println(String.class) // class java.lang.String > println(String.class.class) // class java.lang.String > println(String.class.class.class) // class java.lang.Class > {code} > While I understand that the first and the second lines are equivalent, I > don't get behaviour of the third, which causes the following to work: > {code} > println(String[].class[].class.class[]) // class [[[Ljava.lang.String; > {code} > Expected result: > {code} > assert String.class.class == String.class.getClass() > assert String[].class.class == String[].class.getClass() > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)