On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 11:29, Dom Grigonis via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > > > Except the 'any' and 'all' builtins are _exactly_ the same as bitwise > > or and and applided to many bits. To do something "in line" with that > > using the 'xor' operator would return True for an odd number of True > > values and False for an even Number of True values. > > Fair point. > > Have you ever encountered the need for xor for many bits (the one that I am > NOT referring to)? Would be interested in what sort of case it could be > useful.
Yes, parity checking. That's why I namedropped that in my prior response - it's an easy thing to search the web for if you want to know more about it. Here's a couple of excellent videos on error correction, and you'll see XOR showing up as a crucial feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jsijhllIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0jloehRKas ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
