Apache Groovy 4.0.0 RC2 Released with Improvements and Dependency Updates

Apache Groovy 4.0.0 RC2 has been released, bringing several language improvements and a series of dependency upgrades.

Improvements

[GROOVY-10383] – SC: !in compiled to ScriptBytecodeAdapter#isNotCase

[GROOVY-10395] – SC: <=> compiled to ScriptBytecodeAdapter#compareTo for primitives

[GROOVY-10401] – Prevent Groovy console from popping up during minimization

[GROOVY-10417] – MethodNode toString() adds quotes when name contains spaces or non‑identifier characters

[GROOVY-10418] – Introduce `src/antlr` in jar source

Dependency upgrades

[GROOVY-10397] – Bump JUnit to 5.8.2

[GROOVY-10399] – Bump Bridger to 1.6.Final

[GROOVY-10400] – Bump Gradle to 7.3.1

[GROOVY-10402] – Bump JarJar to 1.8.0

[GROOVY-10408] – Bump Log4j2 to 2.15.0

[GROOVY-10410] – Bump Log4j2 to 2.16.0

[GROOVY-10416] – Bump Logback to 1.2.8

[GROOVY-10420] – Bump Gradle to 7.3.2

[GROOVY-10421] – Bump Jqwik to 1.6.1

[GROOVY-10422] – Bump Spotbugs/Spotbugs annotations to 4.5.2

[GROOVY-10423] – Bump Checkstyle to 9.2

[GROOVY-10425] – Bump Log4j2 to 2.17.0

[GROOVY-10426] – Bump Jqwik to 1.6.2

[GROOVY-10427] – Bump Jackson to 2.13.1

[GROOVY-10430] – Bump Gradle to 7.3.3

[GROOVY-10432] – Bump HSQLDB to 2.6.1