Bitwise operations are operations that manipulate individual bits in binary representations of numbers. These operations work at the binary level, treating numbers as sequences of 32 bits (in 32-bit environments) or 64 bits (in 64-bit environments). However, they should not be used in a boolean context because they have different behaviors compared to logical operators when applied to boolean values:
* When applied to boolean values, bitwise AND (`++&++`) and OR (``++|++``) perform bitwise operations on the binary representation of the numbers. They treat the operands as 32-bit signed integers and manipulate their individual bits.
* Logical AND (``++&&++``) and OR (``++||++``) are specifically designed for boolean operations. They return a boolean value based on the truthiness or falsiness of the operands.``++&&++`` returns ``++true++`` if both operands are truthy; otherwise, it returns ``++false++``. ``++||++`` operator returns ``++true++`` if at least one of the operands is truthy; otherwise, it returns ``++false++``.
Bitwise operators ``++&++`` and ``++|++`` can be easily mistaken for logical operators ``++&&++`` and ``++||++``, especially for those who are not familiar with the distinction between them or their specific use cases.
When a file contains other bitwise operations, (``++^++``, ``++<<++``, ``++>>>++``, ``++>>++``, ``++~++``, ``++&=++``, ``++^=++``, ``++|=++``, ``++<<=++``, ``++>>=++``, ``++>>>=++``, and ``++&++`` or ``++|++`` used with a numeric literal as the right operand) all issues in the file are ignored, because it is evidence that bitwise operations were truly intended.
