• "Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> Jun 23 2006
• Bruno Medeiros <brunodomedeirosATgmail SPAM.com> Jun 26 2006

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

Try this:

int x = 4.5;

It fails because you can't implicitly convert a floating point type to an 
int.

Similarly:

x = x + 4.5;

Also fails.

But:

x += 4.5;

Works, and 4.5 is implicitly converted to an int.

This happens with +=, -=, *=, /=, and %=.  The bitwise op= (&=, |=, <<=, >>= 
and >>>=) all issue errors because 4.5 is not integral.

I'm 99% sure this is a bug.  If so, I'll bugzilla it. 

Bruno Medeiros <brunodomedeirosATgmail SPAM.com> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 Try this:
 
 int x = 4.5;
 
 It fails because you can't implicitly convert a floating point type to an 
 int.
 
 Similarly:
 
 x = x + 4.5;
 
 Also fails.
 
 But:
 
 x += 4.5;
 
 Works, and 4.5 is implicitly converted to an int.
 
 This happens with +=, -=, *=, /=, and %=.  The bitwise op= (&=, |=, <<=, >>= 
 and >>>=) all issue errors because 4.5 is not integral.
 
 I'm 99% sure this is a bug.  If so, I'll bugzilla it. 
 
 


Does seem like a bug to me. Do report it.

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Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
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