JDK-8062799 : Binary logical expressions can have numeric types
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: jdk.nashorn
  • Affected Version: 8u40
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2014-11-04
  • Updated: 2015-06-04
  • Resolved: 2014-11-11
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Description
Currently expressions using the || and && operators are always set to Object type. However, these operators evaluate to their left or right hand side without conversion to Boolean, so they should use the widest numeric type of lhs and rhs if possible.

http://es5.github.io/#x11.11
Comments
Yes, your fix looks correct. I'm adding tests.
11-11-2014

I have a patch for this in the drawer, it's pretty trivial really. It just needs a test, and I wasn't 100% sure Type.widestReturnType is the correct method to use here.
07-11-2014