Docs: Cannot convert int to short

[taha3azab]

why the below line is not compiled
short x = condition ? 0 : 1;
and I have to cast it
short x = (short) (condition ? 0 : 1);

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• ID: 5379a49c-6a81-82a5-cca2-3ab71f432c5c
• Version Independent ID: 1a00e3ec-bec1-3030-9766-a788912bc3b9
• Content: ?: Operator (C# Reference)
• Content Source: docs/csharp/language-reference/operators/conditional-operator.md
• Product: dotnet-csharp
• GitHub Login: @BillWagner
• Microsoft Alias: wiwagn

[BillWagner]

@taha3azab

That's because integral numeric literals are of type int. That's detailed in the C# spec on integer literals

Closing this.