[FEATURE] Bitwise operators

[frankhart2018]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Add support for bitwise operators in simC.

Describe the solution you'd like
Check implementation of other operators.

Note: Discuss the bitwise operators and their syntax with a maintainer before implementing.

[shobhit10058]

I see that a&b is converted as it is but a|b is not because it is by default assumed in the code that | comes with | only. so b is replaced by | and lastly ^ is working for xor as ^ is used for power. So, I format should be
a AND b
a OR b
a XOR b
These do not conflict with existing one. Parsing could be done differently for these but still they need to handled like other binary operators

[shobhit10058]

I would like to work on it.

[frankhart2018]

@shobhit10058 AND, OR, XOR is confusing as users might think it is normal AND, OR, XOR and not bitwise versions of these operators. I believe retaining C's syntax of & (Bitwise and), | (Bitwise or), and ^ (Bitwise xor) will be best. Do let me know if you think otherwise 😄

[shobhit10058]

But what can AND,or, xor of two numbers mean other than bitwise operators

[shobhit10058]

we can use the original also, just we need to change the ^ to work as xor. power function can be given some other name then

[frankhart2018]

Yeah I guess we can give ** to power like python. Using AND, OR, XOR might mean the regular AND, OR and XOR. As in True AND False = True, like in python.

[shobhit10058]

yes

[shobhit10058]

ok then I can try working with this

[frankhart2018]

Sure assigning this to you @shobhit10058.

[shobhit10058]

have you seen my commit?

[frankhart2018]

Merged.