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Wrong type inference in presence of a generic with bound to Double

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Wrong type inference in the presence of a generic with bound to Double and use of ternary operator.
      javac rejects the following program when it should accept it.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      java Test.java

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Compile
      ACTUAL -
      Test.java:7: error: incompatible types: double cannot be converted to T
          return v;
                 ^
        where T is a type-variable:
          T extends Double declared in class Test
      1 error


      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      class Test<T extends Double, K extends T> {
        public T test() {
          T foo = (T) null;
          final var v = ((true) ?
            foo :
             (K) null);
          return v;
        }
      }

      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      FREQUENCY : always


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