[ruby-core:91234] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[ruby-core:91234] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[keystonelemur]

Issue #15559 has been reported by baweaver (Brandon Weaver).

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Feature #15559: Logical XOR (^^) operator
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15559

* Author: baweaver (Brandon Weaver)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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Currently we have bitwise `&` and logical `&&`, and bitwise `|` and logical `||`. Would it be possible to have logical `^^` in addition to the bitwise `^` for XOR?



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[ruby-core:91240] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[muraken]

Issue #15559 has been updated by mrkn (Kenta Murata).


You can write `expr1 ^^ expr2` as `!expr1 != !expr2` in the current Ruby.
If both `expr1` and `expr2` are boolean, you can write `expr1 != expr2`.

I think `^^` can be useful for the case that both `expr1` and `expr2` are not boolean.
Have you ever write such conditional expressions?

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Feature #15559: Logical XOR (^^) operator
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15559#change-76485

* Author: baweaver (Brandon Weaver)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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Currently we have bitwise `&` and logical `&&`, and bitwise `|` and logical `||`. Would it be possible to have logical `^^` in addition to the bitwise `^` for XOR?



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[ruby-core:91241] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[muraken]

Issue #15559 has been updated by mrkn (Kenta Murata).


I think `!=` is easier to understand than `^^`.

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Feature #15559: Logical XOR (^^) operator
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15559#change-76486

* Author: baweaver (Brandon Weaver)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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Currently we have bitwise `&` and logical `&&`, and bitwise `|` and logical `||`. Would it be possible to have logical `^^` in addition to the bitwise `^` for XOR?



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[ruby-core:91243] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[mame]

Issue #15559 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).


> Would it be possible to have logical ^^ in addition to the bitwise ^ for XOR?

I think it is possible, but we need a good reason to do so.  Do you have any use case?

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Feature #15559: Logical XOR (^^) operator
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15559#change-76488

* Author: baweaver (Brandon Weaver)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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Currently we have bitwise `&` and logical `&&`, and bitwise `|` and logical `||`. Would it be possible to have logical `^^` in addition to the bitwise `^` for XOR?



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https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

[ruby-core:91255] [Ruby trunk Feature#15559] Logical XOR (^^) operator

[sawadatsuyoshi]

Issue #15559 has been updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada).


Unlike `&&` and `||`, which involves short-circuit evaluation, and hence are keywords rather than methods, the proposed `^^` will not involve short-circuit evaluation.  Which is the intended proposal: as a keyword, or as a method?

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Feature #15559: Logical XOR (^^) operator
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15559#change-76502

* Author: baweaver (Brandon Weaver)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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Currently we have bitwise `&` and logical `&&`, and bitwise `|` and logical `||`. Would it be possible to have logical `^^` in addition to the bitwise `^` for XOR?



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