Differences in auto-unboxing between Java 6 vs Java 7

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It looks like the language in section 5.5 Casting Conversion of Java 7 JLS was updated in comparison to the same section in the Java 5/6 JLS, probably to clarify the allowed conversions.

Java 7 JLS says

An expression of a reference type may undergo casting conversion to a primitive type without error, by unboxing conversion.

Java 5/6:

A value of a reference type can be cast to a primitive type by unboxing conversion (ยง5.1.8).

The Java 7 JLS also contains a table (table 5.1) of allowed conversions (this table is not included in the Java 5/6 JLS) from reference types to primitives. This explicitly lists casts from Object to primitives as a narrowing reference conversion with unboxing.

The reason is explained in this email:

Bottom line: If the spec. allows (Object)(int) it must also be allowing (int)(Object).

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