Update USUAL ! operator to attempt type cast #1606
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Background
It is possible to implicitly cast a
USUAL
to aLOGIC
value but not possible to apply the not (!
) operator.This seems counter intuitive as in one case the
USUAL
can be treated as though it is aLOGIC
but not in the other case.I think it would feel more consistent to attempt to implicitly cast the
Example
Both giving
Details
The change to the runtime should make no impact on performance for the happy path (unchanged so there should be no overhead with casting)
It will allow
USUAL
of type [] to be treated aLOGIC
It will change the exception for the other
USUAL
typesI'm happy for this PR to be closed without merging if you think the current behaviour is preferable.