Well yes, I don’t think naming is very accurate. If iterable has 2 elements, then it is `xor`, otherwise it is something else - it checks the number of truth values in iterable.
Short circuiting happens, when: xor([True, True, False, False], n=1) At index 1 it is clear that the answer is false. Regards, DG > On 13 Nov 2023, at 19:42, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote: > > > >> On 13 Nov 2023, at 15:16, Dom Grigonis via Python-list >> <python-list@python.org> wrote: >> >> I think it could be useful to have `xor` builtin, which has API similar to >> the one of `any` and `all`. > > I do not understand how xor(iterator) works. > I thought xor takes exactly 2 args. > > I also do not understand how xor can be short circuited. > For AND or OR only looking at the first arg works. > But that does not work for xor right? > > Barry > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
