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1MachineElf
on Jan 18, 2021
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That XOR Trick (2020)
n00b question: What is the ^= operator, and what language is it from?
valvar
on Jan 18, 2021
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It's bitwise XOR in C (and most other languages, I guess).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operators_in_C_and_C%2B%2B#Bit...
detaro
on Jan 18, 2021
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x ^= y is the same as x = x ^ y, with ^ being XOR. Bunch of languages have it, e.g. C, C++, Java, ...
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