Re: &= for bools?

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On Mar 6, 1:40 pm, andy.johnst...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
"The & operator performs a bitwise logical AND operation on integral
operands and logical AND on bool operands."

Ah, I missed that, thanks.  Does this beg the question "Why is the &&
operator needed then?" ?

&& is a logical operator, and & is the bitwise operator.  The
expression on each side of && MUST evaluate to a boolean.  & can be
used with other number types.

Please read the thread to which you're responding before doing that.
As noted by Geoffrey, in C# what you say is wrong - operators & and |
are Boolean and not bitwise when applied to bool operands (and yes,
they can be used with bool).
.

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