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Cannot assign primitive to Number type #684

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Synopsis:

Trying to assign value to Number fails.

Expected:

New number instance assigned the boxed primitive value.

Actual:

Error: Internal Error: cannot assign number 4 to type Number

To reproduce:

BeanShell 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.2151
bsh % Number n = 4;
// Error: Internal Error: cannot assign number 4 to type Number
bsh % Number n = (Number)4;
// Error: Internal Error: cannot assign number 4 to type Number
bsh % Number n = Integer.valueOf(4);
--> $0 = 4I :Integer

Doesn't work like JAVA:

jshell> Number n = 4;
n ==> 4

jshell> Number n = (Number)4;
n ==> 4

jshell> Number n = Integer.valueOf(4);
n ==> 4

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