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Subject: Re: Unexpected Boxing Error at Runtime
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On 1/4/2018 6:13 PM, j4n bur53 wrote:
> [...]
> So ut seems the if-then-else to gets some type
> widening from <nulltype> to Integer.
> 
> This makes it impossible for the compiler to spot
> the error. Because usually this is spotted:
> 
>          int foo = null;
> 
>      Error: java: incompatible types: <nulltype>
>      cannot be converted to int

     For contrast, study

	int foo = (Integer) null;

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