The named argument shorthand, which doesn't require @Newify, displays errors too (currently won't work with your Foo example since it relies on a no-arg constructor and setters):
[image: image.png] Cheers, Paul. On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > Hi Groovy users, > > the current IntelliJ IDEA (2019.3.3, built on February 11th 2020) still > does not support all Groovy features introduced with Groovy 2.5.4 in mid > 2018 (http://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-2.5.html). I have > created an umbrella issue for this back then > (https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-193168), but it seems to > never have been fleshed out / worked on. > > To help remedy this, I am planning to create indiviudal issues, starting > with support for creating class instances without requiring the use of > the new keyword: > https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-234806. > > Groovy is all about being as concise and elegant as possible, so it did > away with the needless Java semicolon at the end of lines, supports > string interpolation and multiline strings, etc. Creating class > instances / calling constructors without a new keyword is something that > has existed in Python and Kotlin forever, so it is high time IntelliJ > IDEA supported this Groovy feature. > > Please vote for these issues as I report them G-) > Cheers, > mg > > > > >
