Pre increment of byte and short variables

[Narasimha Rao B.]

Hi,
Can any of you find any bug in below program -
1. byte b=1;
2. ++b;
3. System.out.println(b);
I am getting the output as - 2.
Is ++b means, b=b+1;
Here right hand value is int how is it possible to assign to byte variable.
Is ++b means, b==(b)(b+1)?
I thought it is only for assignment operators, i.e
b+=1 --> b=(b)(b+1)
Please clarify my doubt..
Thanks..

[Jay Ashar]

byte b = 1;
b++;
or
++b;
means
b = (byte) (b + 1);