[ nice-Bugs-1509635 ] Nicec should ignore bridge methods

Bugs item #1509635, was opened at 2006-06-20 23:32
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: B S (ben77)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Nicec should ignore bridge methods

Initial Comment:
Currently nicec looks at bridge methods when evaluating
possible methods for a call. This leads to confusing
error messages under 1.5 like the ones about
StringBuffer that prevent nice from compiling under
1.5. For example:

package testing;

void main(String[] args) 
{
  StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
  buf.append("a").append('A');
}

Fails to compile with this error:
nice.lang: parsing
testing: parsing
testing: typechecking

~/test/nice/testing/main.nice:6:19:
Ambiguity for symbol append. Possibilities are :
java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder
append(java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder, ?Object)
java.lang.Appendable append(java.lang.Appendable,
nice.lang.char)
compilation failed with 1 error

Neither of these methods should be visible, as they are
overridden by StringBuffer.

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