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import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
object Why {
val data = new ConcurrentHashMap[Int, String]
def update(int: Int, str: String): Unit = {
data.put(int, str)
}
}
// This compiles! But the return type of ConcurrentHashMap#put for our hash map `data` should be String
// Why does Scala let the `update` function return Unit?
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WartRemover also catches value discarding - pretty much the first thing I put in 🐱

I strongly recommend using -Xfatal-warnings -Ywarn-value-discard!

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