2009/6/23 Igor Mozolevsky <i...@hybrid-lab.co.uk>:
> 2009/6/23 Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com>:
>> Just a quickie...
>>
>> If I have:
>>
>> BOOL someValue = [object returnsBool];
>>
>> someValue |= [anotherObject alsoReturnsBool];
>>
>> is the second line subject to short-circuit evaluation? In other words if
>> the first method returns YES, is the second called?
>
> The second one will be called - | is a bitwise OR, whereas || is a logical OR.

So, the second will only be evaluated if the first returns NO when

BOOL someValue = [object returnsBool] || [anotherObject alsoReturnsBool];

whereas what you have is

BOOL someValue = [object returnsBool] | [anotherObject alsoReturnsBool];

which is a bitwise OR of two YESes, essentially.

--
Igor
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