The operator ^ for exponentiation or for excluding: how not to confuse them? (pvs-studio.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by CodiUnicorn@programming.dev to c/golang@programming.dev

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Gophers, hey. Confusing ^ with exponentiation instead of XOR in Go seems like a pretty easy mistake to make. The bug itself is simple, but it still shows up even in some well-known projects with large codebases.

How often does this happen in your code?

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[-] I_quote_Seinfeld_a_lot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

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