Assignment to 'for' loop parameter

Reports assignments to for loop parameters inside the for loop body.

While occasionally intended, this construct can be extremely confusing, and is often the result of a typo.

Example:

  for (value in [1, 2, 3]) {
      value = 4 // warning
  }

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GroovyAssignmentToForLoopParameter

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	Groovy, 242.22892

Last modified: 11 September 2024