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It operates similarly to bitwise or, combining all the set bits, or like the or operator on sets, combining all the set elements. "|" has never meant logical or

by Doxin 6y ago

It operates similarly to bitwise or, combining all the set bits, or like the or operator on sets, combining all the set elements. "|" has never meant logical or in python nor in most other common programming languages.

minitech 6y ago
They’re referring to duplicate keys’ precedence. `a or b` prefers `a` if truthy, but `a | b` prefers b’s values.
- Doxin 6y ago
  That's because it's replicating the behavior of the update function. Again | doesn't mean or, so it shouldn't be expected to behave the same.