Is it ok to use bitwise operator in place of a logical operator like OR

Question

This may be stupid.but i have a simple doubt Suppose i have the following check in a function

bool Validate(string a , string b)
{
    if(a == null || b == null)         


        

Answer 1

In this case (with bool arguments) the | operator is not a bitwise operator. It's just a non-short-circuiting version of the logical or(||).

The same goes for & vs. && - it's just a non-short-circuiting version of logical and.

The difference can be seen with side-effects, for example in

bool Check()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Evaluated!");
    return true;
}

// Short-circuits, only evaluates the left argument.
if (Check() || Check()) { ... }

// vs.

// No short circuit, evaluates both.
if (Check() | Check()) { ... }