Core: New implicits in core.Predef breaks logic with Expression[Any]

[jigarkhwar]

Hello!
When I migrated to gatling, I noticed a problem with the new implicits in import io.gatling.core.Predef._

implicit def integerToFiniteDurationExpression(i: Integer): Expression[FiniteDuration] = intToFiniteDuration(i.toInt).expressionSuccess
 implicit def intToFiniteDurationExpression(i: Int): Expression[FiniteDuration] = i.seconds.expressionSuccess
 implicit def jlongToFiniteDurationExpression(i: java.lang.Long): Expression[FiniteDuration] = i.toLong.seconds.expressionSuccess

Use Case:
our jdbc plugin https://github.com/Tinkoff/gatling-jdbc-plugin/blob/5edf8a2c6441d0af80b2f16e52e276591e195a4b/src/test/scala/ru/tinkoff/load/jdbc/test/cases/Actions.scala#L36

My script:
InsertInto("TEST_TABLE", Columns("ID", "NAME")).values("ID" -> 20, "NAME" -> "Test 12"),
def values(values: (String, Expression[Any])*)

An unexpected implicit conversion occurs

and I Get errors because it converts Int -> FiniteDuration
Data conversion error converting "'20 seconds' SQL statement: (TEST_TABLE: ""ID"" INTEGER NOT NULL)"

Also I noticed a problem with gatling-core dsl

.doIfEquals(_("myInt").as[Int], 1){
          exec()
        }

.doIfEquals(1, 1){
          exec()
        }

and other cases with http queryParam, http formParam, jms etc.
https://github.com/gatling/gatling/search?q=Expression%5BAny%5D

Could you revert that implicits? We need implicit def value2Expression

[slandelle]

Hello,

Thanks for reporting.
Sadly, this is something we'll only be able to fix for Gatling 3.8 as the fix will break binary compatibility.

[jigarkhwar]

Thanks!
how soon it will be possible?

[slandelle]

Unless it becomes a blocking issue for customers, only when we'll have new features to publish. Probably 2-3 months then.