Re: String comparison tests on exception messages keep failing due to >'< character keeps getting removed!

 While I don't know exactly what the se3 object is, I suspect it has a String message property, and the toString() method displays the content of the String, such as below.
Object se3 = new Object() {    String message    String toString() { message }}
se3.message = 'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'
assert se3.message == "'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'"
Output:assert se3.message == "'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'"
       |   |       |       |   |       false       |   'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'       LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test
The assert call does something a bit interesting with what it displays for the comparisons.  For everything EXCEPT for the final object being compared, it does _NOT_ show single quotes around Strings.
If you alter the assert to compare against an object instead of a constant, it might be more obvious what is happening:
Object se3 = new Object() {    String message    String toString() { message }}
se3.message = 'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'String testMessage = "'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'"
assert se3.message == testMessage
Output:assert se3.message == testMessage
       |   |       |  |       |   |       |  '\'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test\''       |   |       false       |   'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'       LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test
-Spencer


    On Monday, May 13, 2024 at 12:46:02 PM EDT, Tommy Svensson <[email protected]> wrote:  
 
 Here is a test I have been forced to comment out since it is 100% impossible to make work due to  '  character keeps getting removed!
        assert se3.message == "'" +"LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a test" + "'"
                    No matter what you do here the result will be:
                Assertion failed:
                assert se3.message == "'" +"LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a test" + "'"                       |   |                       |   'LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test'                       LAZY DEVELOPER! This is a Test
             That is the "'" character will be removed in the constant comparison text             and thus the test will always fail, not matter what I do!!!
Any suggestions ?
I'm using release 21 of Groovy.


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