missing 'xor' Boolean operator

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-07-16, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:
> On 7/16/2009 2:06 AM Jean-Michel Pichavant said...
>> Ok then, why "or" does not return True, if the first element is 
>> considered True ? Why returning the element itself. Any reason for that 
>> ? Because it's confusing, maybe people used to that logic find it 
>> obvious, but I really don't.
>
> For example, I sometimes use it to set defaults:
>
> daysInAdvance = int(inputVar) or 25

I don't get it.  That doesn't work right when inputVar == "0".

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