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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Shortcut Booleans
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 02:42:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 13:41:06 +0100, bart wrote:

> Common sense applies, otherwise you could shortcut these operations:
> 
>      a * b           // when a is zero, the result is zero
>      a & b           // when a is zero

And why not? It would depend on the complexity of the “a” and “b” 
subexpressions, of course.