Re: and becomes or and or becomes and

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Date	2011-05-22 23:57 +0200
Subject	Re: and becomes or and or becomes and
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Stef Mientki wrote:

> must of us will not use single bits these days,
> but at first sight, this looks funny :
> 
>>>> a=2
>>>> b=6
>>>> a and b
> 6
>>>> a & b
> 2
>>>> a or b
> 2
>>>> a | b
> 6

Change the order of the operands and see what happens.

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and becomes or and or becomes and Stef Mientki <stef.mientki@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 21:23 +0200
  Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-05-22 23:57 +0200
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-22 18:14 -0400
  Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-22 15:39 -0700
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 09:28 +1000
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-23 00:30 +0000
      Re: and becomes or and or becomes and rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 08:30 -0700
        Re: and becomes or and or becomes and bch <bch.itbgcthate@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 05:27 -0700
          Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-28 22:50 +1000
    Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-28 14:31 +0100
      Re: and becomes or and or becomes and Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 00:04 +1000

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