As with the link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.Project.html#org.gradle.api.Project:file(java.lang.Object)[Project.file(java.lang.Object)] method covered in the <<#sec:single_file_paths,previous section>>, all relative paths are evaluated relative to the current project directory.
The following example demonstrates some of the variety of argument types you can use — strings, `File` instances, lists, or  `{javaApi}/java/nio/file/Path.html[Path]s`:

====

	// literal to evaluate the arguments at the right time.
	//    defer func() func() {
	//            _cgo0 := p
	//            return func() {
	//                    _cgoCheckPointer(_cgo0, nil)
	//                    C.f(_cgo0)
	//            }
	//    }()()
	// This works because the defer statement evaluates the first
	// function literal in order to get the function to call.

	case OpARM64GreaterEqualF:
		return OpARM64NotGreaterEqualF
	case OpARM64NotGreaterEqualF:
		return OpARM64GreaterEqualF
	default:
		panic("unreachable")
	}
}

// arm64Invert evaluates (InvertFlags op), which
// is the same as altering the condition codes such
// that the same result would be produced if the arguments
// to the flag-generating instruction were reversed, e.g.

            unfiltered,
            new Predicate<String>() {
              @Override
              public boolean apply(String s) {
                throw new AssertionFailedError("Should never be evaluated");
              }
            });

    List<String> expected = Collections.emptyList();
    List<String> actual = Lists.newArrayList(filtered);
    assertEquals(expected, actual);
  }

        when:
        collection.replace(transform)

        then:
        1 * transform.transform(_)
    }

    def "replace transformation result is evaluated lazily"() {
        given:
        Spec<File> filterSpec = Mock()
        collection.from(containing(new File("a.txt")))

        when:
        collection.replace { it.filter(filterSpec) }

        }
    }

    private Model interpolateModel(Model model, ModelBuildingRequest request, ModelProblemCollector problems) {
        // save profile activations before interpolation, since they are evaluated with limited scope
        Map<String, Activation> originalActivations = getProfileActivations(model, true);

        Model interpolatedModel = new Model(modelInterpolator.interpolateModel(

   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  // unsafe, comparator() returns a comparator on the specified type
  // TODO(kevinb): evaluate whether or not of().comparator() should return null
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableSortedMap<K, V>) NATURAL_EMPTY_MAP;
  }

			//
			// Usually (in correct programs), the lhs expression
			// is in the untyped map. However, it is possible to
			// create incorrect programs where the same expression
			// is evaluated twice (via a declaration cycle) such
			// that the lhs expression type is determined in the
			// first round and thus deleted from the map, and then
			// not found in the second round (double insertion of

			logger.Error(err, "Failed to taint NoSchedule on node, requeue it", "node", klog.KRef("", nodeName))
			// TODO(k82cn): Add nodeName back to the queue
		}
		// TODO: re-evaluate whether there are any labels that need to be
		// reconcile in 1.19. Remove this function if it's no longer necessary.
		if err := nc.reconcileNodeLabels(ctx, nodeName); err != nil {

[[rel4.8:deferred_configuration]]
=== [4.8] Use deferred configuration for publishing plugins

Prior to Gradle 4.8, the `publishing {}` block was implicitly treated as if all the logic inside it was executed after the project was evaluated.
This was confusing, because it was the only block that behaved that way.
As part of the stabilization effort in Gradle 4.8, we are deprecating this behavior and asking all users to migrate their build.