* You can no longer use GPath syntax with link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/TaskCollection.html#withType-java.lang.Class-[tasks.withType()].
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Use https://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/documentation/#_spread_operator[Groovy's spread operator] instead.
For example, you would replace `tasks.withType(JavaCompile).name` with `tasks.withType(JavaCompile)*.name`.

[[changes_4.8]]
== Upgrading from 4.7 and earlier

The first is a minor inconvenience, but slashy strings have the advantage that you don't have to escape backslash ('\') characters in the regular expression.
The second issue stems from Groovy's support for embedded expressions using `${ }` syntax in double-quoted and slashy strings.
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The closure syntax for `rename()` is straightforward and can be used for any requirements that simple regular expressions can't handle.