Gradle 8.4, unable to create task based on code in documentation

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I tried following the steps here: Part 2: Running Gradle Tasks

tasks.register("copyTask",Copy) {
    from("source")
    into("target")
    include("*.war")
}

But the IDE prompted me with wrong information.

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This example and the following are indeed wrong.
They are showing the Groovy DSL variant.
When the Kotlin DSL became the default, Part 1 was adapted properly, so you have a Kotlin DSL build script.
But the further code examples were not changed accordingly.
You should report a bug about this documentation issue.

For that specific snippet the correct version is

tasks.register<Copy>("copyTask") {
    from("source")
    into("target")
    include("*.war")
}

or

val copyTask by tasks.registering(Copy::class) {
    from("source")
    into("target")
    include("*.war")
}
3

OK, I’ll report the issue, thank you.

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