>>So, it is important to know this behavior.
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>I already know this but the point of my reply was your nitpicking a mistake in Bonnie's post that din't change the result one bit. If its a decimal or an integer, the cast will still take place.

Do you think I don't know that? I posted the same reply to Cecil. It was not a nitpicking - it was important note since the behavior may be different in different languages.

BTW, it is really interesting fact that in .NET languages the cast happens automatically. In other languages this is not the case and it is better to not rely on this behavior and use explicit cast.