[GRADLE-2616] Remove creating of named container elements via property read in container configuration closures Created: 03/Jan/13  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: 1.3
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Improvement
Reporter: Luke Daley Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0

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 Description   

Currently, to create a named element in a container you can simply read a variable with the name you want. For example, to create a configuration called 'custom'…

configurations {
  custom 
}

The problem is that this uses a surprising resolution strategy. It is effectively DELEGATE_FIRST, if the delegate has it, then owner, then propertyMissing() on the delegate if the owner doesn't have it. This is at odds with with our otherwise universal use of DELEGATE_FIRST.

This behaviour should be removed, which would mean that users would need to effectively invoke the method with this name.

configurations {
  custom { }
}


 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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