evaluation of boolean OR in rhino

[steveH]

Hi, Rhino evaluates "test" || 1 as true, rather than 1. Is this a bug
or by design?

[Martin Honnen]

steveH wrote:

> Rhino evaluates "test" || 1 as true, rather than 1.

I think the result of
"test" || 1
should be the value of the first operand, that is the string value
"test" as that when converted to a boolean value already gives true so
the or condition is already fullfilled.

With Rhino 1.6 R2 I get

Rhino 1.6 release 2 2005 09 19
js> "test" || 1
true

so

>Is this a bug

yes, it is a bug. I have filed it here:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309957>

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Martin Honnen
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[steveH]

my mistake, of course it should be "test", not 1