Every time I think I understand about casting and conversions, I find another strange behavior.
long l = 123456789L;
float f = l;
System.out.println(f); // outputs 1.23456792E8
Given that a long has greater bit-depth than a float, I would expect that an explicit cast would be required in order for this to compile. And not surprisingly, we see that we have lost precision in the result.
Why is a cast not required here?