Boolean operators &=, |= in Xtend

[ioannes.ca...@gmail.com]

Hello Xtend experts!
I work only a couple of weeks with Xtend and am not very familiar with it yet.
I have a simple question. In my code I tried to use a construction like this:

var bool_var = ( /* some boolean expression */ )

// ... some code ...

bool_var |= ( /* another boolean expression */ )

But I get the error message "No viable alternative at input '|'". Of course I could write it like this, but it's not really nice.

bool_var = bool_var || (...)

Does Xtend really not support such operators (|=, &=) or what is the correct short syntax for that?
Thanks for your answers in advance!

[Sebastian Zarnekow]

Hi,

Xtend doesn't support not-short-circuiting boolean operators. The compound assignments &= and |= are non circuiting thus they are currently not available. What's your usecase for these except from saving a few chars in the code?

Best,

Sebastian

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[Jean Cauvin]

Hi Sebastian,
thanks for your answer. I just wanted a shorter and cleaner code, because in a class I have ca. 10 expressions of this kind of pattern. There is no specific use case behind it.

[lum...@gmail.com]

Hi Jean,

With Xtend becoming more and more popular, the team is focused on getting some of the larger features and crucial bugfixes in order. (IntelliJ, etc)
As far as I understand one of Xtend's core goals is code brevity, so I have full confidence this issue will be addressed in the long run.