in reply to Re^6: 'xor' operator is not a sibling to 'or' and 'and'?
in thread 'xor' operator is not a sibling to 'or' and 'and'?
I agree that && and || should be extended with the notion: "returns last evaluated side".
Probably with an analogous if statement.
A || B := do { if (A) {A} else {B} }
I disagree that they "do not return logical result" , because the truth table is fully respected.
I don't think the docs to and/or need to be extend, because their low precedence and use for flow control makes the use of return values unlikely without brackets. Mentioning the similarity to && and || should be sufficient.
Cheers Rolf
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