assert throws StackOverflowError

[magicprinc]

java -jar mvel2-2.1.3.Final.jar //same for older version

[01:32PM] mvel2$ assert true //same for MVEL.eval("assert anyexpression")

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.lang.ThreadLocal.getMap(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ThreadLocal.set(Unknown Source)
at org.mvel2.compiler.AbstractParser.contextControl(AbstractParser.java:2272)
at org.mvel2.MVELInterpretedRuntime.parse(MVELInterpretedRuntime.java:69)
at org.mvel2.MVEL.eval(MVEL.java:404)
at org.mvel2.ast.AssertNode.getReducedValue(AssertNode.java:63)
at org.mvel2.MVELInterpretedRuntime.parseAndExecuteInterpreted(MVELInterpretedRuntime.java:106)
at org.mvel2.MVELInterpretedRuntime.parse(MVELInterpretedRuntime.java:49)
at org.mvel2.MVEL.eval(MVEL.java:404)
at org.mvel2.ast.AssertNode.getReducedValue(AssertNode.java:63)
at org.mvel2.MVELInterpretedRuntime.parseAndExecuteInterpreted(MVELInterpretedRuntime.java:106)
at org.mvel2.MVELInterpretedRuntime.parse(MVELInterpretedRuntime.java:49)
at org.mvel2.MVEL.eval(MVEL.java:404)
...