Scala: Why can I convert Int to Unit?

Question

I\'ve recently started playing with Scala (2.8) and noticed the I can write the following code (in the Scala Interpreter):

scala> var x : Unit = 10
x : Un         


        

Answer 1

See section "6.26.1 Value Conversions" in the Scala Language Specification version 2.8:

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Value Discarding. If e has some value type and the expected type is Unit, e is converted to the expected type by embedding it in the term { e; () }.

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