What is the difference between autoboxing and coercion?
autoboxing, c, coercion, java, type-coercion
Solution
Coercion is another name for an implicit type cast, i.e. one mandated by the language rules, and not explicitly added by the programmer.
Problem
I program in Java, C and Python. The rule for automatic coercions among arithmetic types have been augmented to handle the richer set of types Source: "The C Programming Language" But what does "coercion" mean? The answers say it's like type conversion and implicit casts and implicit type conversions and called autoboxing where I read it. What is the difference between autoboxing and coercion?