Char

idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
             if (cls instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
                 final String className = cls.getName();
                 if (className.equals("Int") || className.equals("Long") || className.equals("Short") ||
-                    className.equals("Byte")) {
+                    className.equals("Byte") || className.equals("Char")) {
                     if (op.getName().equals("compareTo")) {
                         generateCompareOp(expression, opToken);
                     }
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
     }
 
     private static boolean isIntLikePrimitive(Type type) {
-        return type == Type.INT_TYPE || type == Type.SHORT_TYPE || type == Type.BYTE_TYPE;
+        return type == Type.INT_TYPE || type == Type.SHORT_TYPE || type == Type.BYTE_TYPE || type == Type.CHAR_TYPE;
     }
 
     private static int opcodeForMethod(final String name) {

idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JetTypeMapper.java

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ public class JetTypeMapper {
         if (jetType.equals(standardLibrary.getByteType())) {
             return Type.BYTE_TYPE;
         }
+        if (jetType.equals(standardLibrary.getCharType())) {
+            return Type.CHAR_TYPE;
+        }
         if (jetType.equals(standardLibrary.getBooleanType())) {
             return Type.BOOLEAN_TYPE;
         }

idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java

@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ public class NamespaceGenTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
         assertEquals(true, main.invoke(null));
     }
 
+    public void testChar() throws Exception {
+        binOpTest("fun foo(a: Char, b: Char): Int = a + b", 'A', (char) 3, (int) 'D');
+    }
+
     private void binOpTest(final String text, final Object arg1, final Object arg2, final Object expected) throws Exception {
         loadText(text);
         System.out.println(generateToText());