C# test - no googling

[VectraMan]

Yes the compiler assigns the number as integers, because there is no + operator on a short! Then of course the implicit conversion of an int to a short fails at compile time.

That's just plain stoopid.

It'll work in C. Should have called it Cb obviously.

[SimonMac]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[minestrone]

You are close.

Yes the compiler assigns the number as integers, because there is no + operator on a short! Then of course the implicit conversion of an int to a short fails at compile time.

I am sure that works the same in java although I really can't be arsed opening up an editor and testing it.

[mudskipper]

Maybe the compiler infers the type of "x + y" to be an int since it could overflow a short. Then youd have to cast that explicitly to a short to assign to "z".

That would make sense if int+int = long as well. But it doesn't.

[KentPhilip]

The only shorts I'm interested in are served in a small glass or worn by a half-naked lady...

[jamesbrown]

I am sure that works the same in java although I really can't be arsed opening up an editor and testing it.

Yep. A shortcut would be z = x += y, no pun intended.

[Freamon]

What a stupid design.

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[AtW]

The only shorts I'm interested in are served in a small glass or worn by a half-naked lady...

You need to have your mouth cleaned...

[KentPhilip]

You need to have your mouth cleaned...

That won't be possible. You know the listerine dragon clifford, I made him swallow his own fire, and he cooked himself