Message349656
[Raymond]
> Given that & | and ^ are closed under bools [...]
So maybe the right fix is to change that fact? I'm not sure what the value of having True & True return True rather than 1 is, beyond misleading people into thinking that bitwise operators "just work" as logical operators on bools. Having True & True give 1 would send a clearer message that "yes, this works, but only because of the bool-is-an-int relationship, and it's not the right way to do logical operations".
Does anyone know what the rationale was for having & and | on bools return bools in the first place? |
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2019-08-14 07:01:08 | mark.dickinson | set | recipients:
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