As I recall the use of a single _ as variable name is restricted since JDK10 and will become an error in newer JDKs.
Does the use of a leading _ in an identifier has been discouraged as well in newer JDKs? If so then we should do the same even of means breaking compatibility. Cheers Andres Sent from my primitive tricorder > On 11 Feb 2021, at 10:58, Mario Garcia <mario.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If it helps, I've seen some programmers with python background using the > underscore in Groovy for method declaration. It seems they use the convention > of the underscore prefix to note these methods aren't for public consumption. > >> El jue, 11 feb 2021 a las 9:49, Paul King (<paul.king.as...@gmail.com>) >> escribió: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I would be interested in any thoughts about the following issue: >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9936 >> >> TL;DR There is an edge case where Groovy 3 (Parrot) behavior now differs >> from the old parser. Even though an argument could be made either way as to >> which behavior is better, I propose we align with the old parser. >> >> Proposed PR: >> >> https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/1485 >> >> Let me know your thoughts. >> >> Thanks, Paul. >> >> >> Virus-free. www.avast.com
