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Ambiguous unary operator use with number constant

Reports an unary operator followed by a dot qualifier such as -1.inc().

Code like -1.inc() can be misleading because - has a lower precedence than .inc(). As a result, -1.inc() evaluates to -2 and not 0 as it might be expected.

Wrap unary operator and value with () quick-fix can be used to amend the code automatically.

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WrapUnaryOperator
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Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Kotlin, 241.18072-IJ

Last modified: 18 June 2024