[hibernate-issues] [JIRA] (HHH-16858) Can't compare test expression of type [BasicSqmPathSource(type : Enum)] with element of type [basicType@5(java.lang.Integer,4)]

Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16858 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16858?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMjEyYj... ) Re: Can't compare test expression of type [BasicSqmPathSource(type : Enum)] with element of type [basicType(a)5(java.lang.Integer,4)] ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16858?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiMjEyYj... ) So the reason I’m suspicious of this, and think it would be totally reasonable if we simply disallowed it is that if you use a STRING mapped enum, which I frankly think makes more sense most of the time, then < would be doing an alphabetic string comparison, which simply doesn’t seem like it could ever be meaningful. I guess it sorta might make sense for some ORDINAL mappings, but even that is pretty doubtful. So I guess my vote would be to disallow this with a more meaningful error, but I would not strongly object to allowing it only for ordinal-mapped enums. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16858#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16858#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100227- sha1:3bc807d )