short-circuiting Questions

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I know that || and && are defined as short-circuit operators in C#, and such behaviour is guaranteed by the language specification, but do |= and &= short-circuit too? For example: pr...
Utgardloki asked 24/10, 2012 at 9:41

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TIs ISNULL() a lazy function? That is, if i code something like the following: SELECT ISNULL(MYFIELD, getMyFunction()) FROM MYTABLE will it always evaluate getMyFunction() or will it only evalu...
Glabella asked 31/8, 2012 at 16:40

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Consider the following code: >>> def default_answer(): ... print "Default was required!" ... return 100 ... >>> g = { 'name': 'Jordan', 'age': 35 } >>> result = g.get('...
Birth asked 27/8, 2012 at 18:51

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I am currently developing a compiler for a very limited object oriented language. I want to treat all values as objects and operators on those values will be implemented as methods. The compiler tr...
Stafani asked 27/2, 2012 at 8:35

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Why would a language NOT use Short-circuit evaluation? Are there any benefits of not using it? I see that it could lead to some performances issues... is that true? Why? Related question : Bene...
Colleague asked 18/9, 2009 at 17:28

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Some operators such as && and || perform short-circuit evaluation. Also, when a function is called with arguments, all arguments are constructed before calling the function. For instance, ...
Norine asked 24/2, 2012 at 0:54

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I was working on the Basics of C and was trying to solve the problem below could any one explain why the output of variable c is different? What is the output of the following program? int main...
Gutsy asked 22/2, 2012 at 16:22

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Possible Duplicate: Does java evaluate remaining conditions after boolean result is known Why do we usually use || not |, what is the difference? I missed my class lecture the other ...
Pooka asked 18/2, 2012 at 21:37

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This is directly inspired by this question. There are numerous references/statements that bitwise operators, when applied to booleans, will not short circuit. So in other words boolean a = f() &am...
Sigh asked 13/2, 2012 at 19:17

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When comparing to a minimum or maximum of two numbers/functions, does C# short-circuit if the case is true for the first one and would imply truth for the second? Specific examples of these cases a...
Elaterium asked 18/1, 2012 at 19:8

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Let's say I have a simple function like this: int all_true(int* bools, int len) { if (len < 1) return TRUE; return *bools && all_true(bools+1, len-1); } This function can be rewritt...

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Related Questions: Benefits of using short-circuit evaluation, Why would a language NOT use Short-circuit evaluation?, Can someone explain this line of code please? (Logic & Assignment operator...
Fribble asked 16/11, 2009 at 20:24

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In many languages, if you write something along the lines of if (foo() || bar() || foobar()) { /* do stuff */ } and foo() returns true, then bar() and foobar() will not be evaluated. Suppose I...
Scarlettscarp asked 18/11, 2011 at 23:28

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We all know about short circuiting in logical expressions, i.e. when if ( False AND myFunc(a) ) then ... doesn't bother executing myFunc() because there's no way the if condition can be true. I...

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IN Perl it's quite common to do things like function() || alternative(). If the first returns false it will run the second one. How can this be easily implemented in Python? Update Examples (pse...
Norry asked 26/9, 2011 at 9:11

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Does it matter how I group subexpressions when dealing with a single short-circuiting operator? a && b && c && d a && (b && (c && d)) (a && ...
Sweetener asked 26/8, 2011 at 7:46

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What is the difference between the & and && logical operators in MATLAB?
Mellisa asked 4/9, 2009 at 13:52

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I was going through operator precedence section of php.net and came across this example which says $a = 1; $b = null; $c = isset($a) && isset($b); $d = ( isset($a) and isset($b) ); $e = is...
Order asked 8/8, 2011 at 9:54

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Whats the meaning of x AND THEN y AND z is it x AND THEN (y AND z) (y, z gets never evaluated if x is FALSE) or (x AND THEN y) AND z (if x is FALSE, y is skipped, but its possible that z i...
Verlaverlee asked 5/6, 2011 at 20:1

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Given a container of boolean values (An example is std::vector<bool>), is there a standard function that returns true if all the values are true ("and") or true if at least one value is true ...
Hokku asked 28/6, 2011 at 12:48

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Why doesn't bool? support lifted && and ||? They could have lifted the true and false operators which would have indirectly added lifted && and ||. The operators | and & are al...

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I have some code like this: if var: if var2 == getSomeValue() This could be in a single expression. if var and var2 == getSomeValue(): ...but getSomeValue() can only be called if var is True...
Bastion asked 3/6, 2011 at 17:45

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I am curious why the comma ‹,› is a shortcut for and and not andalso in guard tests. Since I'd call myself a “C native” I fail to see any shortcomings of short-circuit boolean evaluation. I compi...
Heres asked 17/5, 2011 at 0:51

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Say I have this code: unsigned int func1(); unsigned int func2(); unsigned int func3(); unsigned int x = func1() | func2() | func3(); Does C++ guarantee that func1() will be called first, then ...
Carpic asked 20/5, 2011 at 23:29

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Can someone explain this C++ comma operator short-circuiting example? bIsTRUE = true, false, true; bIsFALSE = (true, false), true; bIsAlsoTRUE = ((true, false), true); Why does the second versio...

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