Why is assigning 'int constant -> byte variable' valid, but 'long constant -> int variable' is not?

Question

I have this code snippet:

int i = 5l; // not valid (compile error)
byte b = 5; // valid

What do you think about it?

Why?

Answer 1

as according to my understanding,

Because you have to cast the type long to int , for the first option , i.e

int i = (int) 5l;

and in second case, as the value assignment to byte is same like assignment to int,

you think i am assigning int value to byte here

byte b= 5; ????

no its not, its getting the value as byte itself, as byte have a range from -128 to 127,

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