java - What is the difference between double a = a + int b and int a += double b?

Question

Why does:

public class Addition { 
  public static void main() { 
    int a = 0; 
    double b = 1.0; 
    a = a + b;
    System.out.println(a); 
  }
}

not compile but:

public class Addition { 
  public static void main() { 
    int a = 0; 
    double b = 1.0; 
    a += b; 
    System.out.println(a); 
  }
}

compiles.

Answer 1

In Java += operator has an implicit cast to the left hand type. This goes for all composed operators.