Does Python need an 'xor' operator?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <3cb8b86a at news.mhogaming.com>, Ken Peek wrote:

> (not a) ^ (not b)
> 
> IMHO, neither the above, nor the future v2.3.x idiom:
> 
> bool(a) ^ bool(b)
> 
> is as clear as:
> 
> a xor b

I agree.  Since the other boolean operators are "not" "and"
"or", it would be a bit of a surprise that one doesn't use
"xor". And having to convert a boolean to a "chunk of bits"
first and do a bitwise xor on it is just plain ugly.

OTOH, when I want to do exclusive or, it's pretty much always
the bitwise operation I want.

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