Does Python need an 'xor' operator?

[Ken Peek]

"Martin v. Loewis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote in message
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| "Ken Peek" <Ken.Peek at SpiritSongDesigns.comNOSPAM> writes:
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| > I think an 'xor' operator is needed.  The 'xor'
| > operator means 'logical-exclusive-or', and
| > returns a 1 or 0.
|
| In Python 2.3, you will be able to write
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|    bool(a) ^ bool(b)
|
| Seems pretty clear to me.
|
| Regards,
| Martin

You didn't read my post well enough-- we can already _DO_
that with Python v2.2.x:

(not a) ^ (not b)

IMHO, neither the above, nor the future v2.3.x idiom:

bool(a) ^ bool(b)

is as clear as:

a xor b

...

Everyone_is_entitled_to_have_my_opinion'ly yours,

--Ken Peek