question on type promotion

> i'm still confused: why doesn't this return an int?

> b=3+4;

The compiler is "smart". It can see thet 3+4 fits into a byte.

This will not work however:

byte b1 = 3;

byte b2 = 4;

byte b3 = b1+b2;

but this will:

final byte b1 = 3;

final byte b2 = 4;

byte b3 = b1+b2;

which is the same as

b=3+4;

prometheuzza at 2007-7-12 23:08:28 >