Function Arguments separated by pipe "|"
I encountered some existing C++ code that made a fuction call with named constant parameters separated by the pipe "|" symbol.
e.g. function(CONSTANT1 | CONSTANT2 | CONSTANT3 );
Could someone please explain this syntax to me, Please.
Thanks in advance.
Read up on bitwise operators in your C book.
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That's the bitwise "or" operator. It or's the bits of its operands together. For example,
Code:1000 (8) | 0011 (3) ------------ 1011 (11)
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