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[glushkov]

When a logical OR of two boolean variables is checked, is the second value going to be checked, if the first is true? In the following example, is b going to be checked?

bool a = true
bool b = false

if(a || b) cout << "true" << endl;

[filipe]

No. It's called short circuit evaluation. It works the same for &&.

[glushkov]

Thanks :)

[ne555]

If you don't like that behaviour you could create a Boolean class that overloads the operators or and not and provides a cast to bool.