Unsafe cast is wrong

[robstoll]

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

val l : List<String> = mutableListOf()
val l2  = l as MutableList<String>

Expected Behavior

No issue detected

Current Behavior

Detects unsafe cast

Your Environment

• Version used: 1.0.0.RC8
• Link to your project: https://github.com/loewenfels/dep-graph-releaser/blob/master/dep-graph-releaser-gui/src/main/kotlin/ch.loewenfels.depgraph/gui/actions/Releaser.kt#L162

There are more issues like the above, following a link to the sonarcloud.io project:
https://sonarcloud.io/project/issues?id=depgraph&resolved=false&rules=external_detekt%3AUnsafeCast

[robstoll]

Ah... I see, I was expecting a different behaviour for the UnsafeCastRule but the reporting is actually as intended. I would consider to rename the rule, unsafe cast sounds like casting a type parameter to something we are not sure of.

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