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The following, from the documentation as of the time of writing, illustrates
the problem:
```zig
// Compile time coercion of float to int
test "implicit cast to comptime_int" {
var f: f32 = 54.0 / 5;
_ = f;
}
```
It is not clear how to unify the types of 54.0 and 5 to perform the
division. We can either
- cast 54.0 to comptime_int resulting in @as(comptime_int, 10), which is
casted to @as(f32, 10), or
- cast 5 to comptime_float resulting in @as(comptime_float, 10.8), which
is casted to @as(f32, 10.8)
Since the two resulting values are different, a compiler error is appropriate.
If we know that casting to either type will result in the same value we
don't need to error. For instance, 10.0 / 2 is okay, as is 10 / 2.0.
Fixes: #12364
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