SourceSets not updated when queried

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EDIT: Found out what was wrong, srcDir will add a source directory, not set it.
It works as expected with:

main {
    scala.setSrcDirs(['whatever'])
}

In my opinion srcDir is a rather terrible name for that method, it should be called addSrcDir.
The half second saved in typing add is lost a thousand times over by this kind of subtle ambiguity.
I would certainly deprecate srcDir

OIGINAL POST:

Changes made to sourceSets are not visible:

plugins {
    id 'scala'
}
sourceSets {
    main {
        scala.srcDir 'whatever'
    }
}

task debug << {
    println(sourceSets.main.scala.getSrcDirs().iterator().next().absolutePath)
}
debug.dependsOn scaladoc

//why I need that info, not actually part of the issue:
scaladoc.scalaDocOptions.additionalParameters =
            ["-sourcepath "+sourceSets.main.scala.getSrcDirs().iterator().next().absolutePath,
             "-doc-source-url https://github.com/acdenhartog/Rakka/tree/master/scala-rakka/src/\u20AC{FILE_PATH}.scala"]

running debug will print:
C:\...\MyProject\src\main\scala
but it should print:
C:\...\MyProject\whatever

What is causing this? Is sourceSets not part of the initialization phase?

Is source sourceSets not a local variable, i.e. is srcDir ‘whatever’ not modifying sourceSets
itself but rather some other local object?

In any case, I am filing this as a bug because it does not seem like expected behavior.