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Primitive variable assignments

 
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if the compliler inserts an implicit cast with literal variable assignments smaller than an int:

byte = 10----->puts int the (byte) cast 4 you

Does anyone know why an implicit cast for variable assigntment with expressions is not done.
e.g
byte b = 10; implcit cast from int to byte
byte c = 11; implcit cast from int to byte
byte d = b + c;// complier error

You have to put in you own cast.
 
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when you add any two integral numbers together, you will at least get an int.

i.e

byte a = 1, b = 2;
byte a = a + b; //will evaluate to int (compile time error)

byte a = (byte)(a + b); //ok, casting result back to byte value
 
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Tnx but what about when you Divide, Substract, or Multiply integral numbers, you only mentioned adding. I thought this promotion happens with any type of expression that is less than or equal to an int.
 
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public class ByteTest
{
public static void main ( String rags[] )
{
byte b1 , b2 , b3 , b4 , b5 ;

b1 = 2 ;
b2 = 4 ;

b3 = ( byte ) ( b2 / b1 ) ; // ( 1 )
System.out.println ( " The value of b3 is " +b3 ) ;

b4 = ( byte ) ( b2 * b1 ) ; // ( 2 )

System.out.println ( " The value of b4 is " +b4 ) ;

b5 = ( byte ) ( b2 - b1 ) ; // ( 3 )

System.out.println ( " The value of b5 is " +b5 ) ;

}
}

if the l.h.s is byte , short or char datatype variable and the r.h.s is a int value , then implicit typecasting occurs and the int data is typecasted to appropriate data-type

the compiler when compiling the code doesn't evaluate the expressions at ( 1) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) , this evaluation is only done during run time , so during compilation it becomes necessary to make the compiler aware that the resultant data that is produced by the expression will go into a type-compatible variable
 
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Tnx for the response, now i understand
 
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