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Re: Pipe in the "return" statement

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In <1c175da2-79f4-40ed-803f-217dc935df6c@m8g2000yqo.googlegroups.com> Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> writes:

> > > return <statement> | <statement>
> >
> > It's simply a bitwise OR.

> Yes, but how does it get determined, which one actually gets returned?

Neither value is returned on its own; the bitwise OR of both values is
computed and that value is returned.

It seems that you don't understand what the term "bitwise or" means.
Perhaps a Google search might help.

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Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 05:00 -0700
  Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-26 00:03 +1200
    Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 07:16 -0700
      Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-25 10:31 -0400
        Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-25 13:07 -0700
          Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-28 08:26 +0200
      Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Oliver Bestwalter <oliver@bestwalter.de> - 2011-07-25 16:35 +0200
        Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 08:05 -0700
      Re: Pipe in the "return" statement John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-07-25 14:39 +0000
        Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 08:06 -0700
      Re: Pipe in the "return" statement gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 07:42 -0700
  Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2011-07-25 14:33 +0200
    Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 08:28 -0700
      Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2011-07-25 18:11 +0200
        Re: Pipe in the "return" statement Archard Lias <archardlias@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-25 09:30 -0700
  Re: Pipe in the "return" statement TonyO <guinness.tony@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 05:52 -0700
    Re: Pipe in the "return" statement gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 06:00 -0700
    Re: Pipe in the "return" statement red floyd <redfloyd@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 14:04 -0700
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        Re: reading  zipfile; problem using raw buffer Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-26 08:49 -0400
      Re: reading  zipfile; problem using raw buffer Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-07-26 15:04 +0200
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