On Tue, 10 May 2022 09:07:44 GMT, Adam Sotona <asot...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Please review this patch adding new lint option, **lossy-conversions**, to >> javac to warn about type casts in compound assignments with possible lossy >> conversions. >> >> The new lint warning is shown if the type of the right-hand operand of a >> compound assignment is not assignment compatible with the type of the >> variable. >> >> The implementation of the warning is based on similar check performed to >> emit "possible lossy conversion" compilation error for simple assignments. >> >> Proposed patch also include complex matrix-style test with positive and >> negative test cases of lossy conversions in compound assignments. >> >> Proposed patch also disables this new lint option in all affected JDK >> modules and libraries to allow smooth JDK build. Individual cases to address >> possibly lossy conversions warnings in JDK are already addressed in a >> separate umbrella issue and its sub-tasks. >> >> Thanks for your review, >> Adam > > Adam Sotona has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > 8244681: Add a warning for possibly lossy conversion in compound assignments > recommended correction of the warning wording > fixed typo in test method name src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/resources/javac.properties line 210: > 208: > 209: javac.opt.Xlint.desc.lossy-conversions=\ > 210: Warn about compiler possible lossy conversions. I like this warning. But the documentation doesn't even parse as English. I suggest this, as more grammatical and precise: > Warn about possible lossy conversions in compound assignments ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8599
