On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Levente Uzonyi wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010, Marcus Denker wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>> 
>>> & |  don't
>>> Do not cnfuse lazy and the others.
>> 
>> 
>> true xor: [false]
>> 
>> --> walkback.
>> 
>> false xor: [false]
>> 
>> --> [false]
>> 
>> There is a call to #value missing (which will keep it working with booleans, 
>> too, as they understand
>> #value, too (returning self)).
> 
> That's a possible solution, but xor can't be lazy, so the block is just 
> pointless.
> 
So the question is if we do it for consistency... 
(between or:, and:, xor:. They are so close that it's strange to have different 
parameters for them.

On the negative side, it does cost a send of #value (quick return self) for 
the case that one calls it on a boolean...

        Marcus

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