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On 05/11/2011 06:03 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2011 16:36:39 -0700 (PDT), Gábor Bakos
> <aborgabor@gmail.com>  wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
> said :
>
>> int x = 0;
>> x += 0.5;
>
> If it is not illegal syntax, it should be. One of the language lawyers

Utter nonsense.  And you presume to give advice to Java programmers?

> like Lew or Patricia will likely do a Delphi-style oracle reading on
> the JLS and tell you what it is supposed to do.  If it is not what it
> is doing, prepare an SSCCE and submit the bug.
>
> See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sscce.html
> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bug.html

I already prepared an SSCCE half a day prior to your post, which youy 
apparently did not notice.  The OP already cited relevant sections of the JLS, 
which you apparently did not notice.

Is there something wrong with being well-educated on the rules of the Java 
language when programming Java code, as you snarkily imply?

There is no bug to submit, so that was useless advice.

The OP hasn't even explained what they dream a problem to be, which you 
apparently did not notice.

You are doing a HUGE disservice to newbies by indicating that it is not good 
to be intimately familiar with the programming rules by which one is working. 
  I thought you were all about helping the programmer, but apparently not. 
You should stop preaching the virtues of ignorance, Roedy.

-- 
Lew
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