Problem:
When making java calls (or inlined functions), if both args and param are primitive, no widening conversion is used to locate the proper overloaded method/constructor.
Examples:
`user=> (Integer. (byte 0))
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No matching ctor found for class java.lang.Integer (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)
The above occurs because there is no Integer(byte) constructor, though it should match on Integer(int).
user=> (bit-shift-left (byte 1) 1)
Reflection warning, NO_SOURCE_PATH:3 - call to shiftLeft can't be resolved.
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In the above, a call is made via reflection to Numbers.shiftLeft(Object, Object) and its associated auto-boxing, instead of directly to the perfectly adequate Numbers.shiftLeft(long, int).
Workarounds:
Explicitly casting to the formal type.
Ancillary benefits of fixing:
It would also reduce the amount of method overloading, e.g., RT.intCast(char), intCast(byte), intCast(short), could all be removed, since such calls would pass to RT.intCast(int).
