Short circuiting vs. full-evaluation in logical operators.

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As discussed in channel, there are valid design and implementation considerations that would mandate short-circuiting operations and that would mandate not short-circuiting them. To this end, the language should have some means to mandate one or the other. A final proposal was thought of:

and: compiler decides and perhaps: short circuit and then: always evaluates both arguments

An syntaxes using sigils was also discussed:

and: compiler decides and?: short circuit and!: always evaluates both arguments

and: compiler decides and-: short circuit and+: always evaluates both arguments

This is not a critical feature by a long shot, but is one to keep in mind while implementing other features so that it is not inadvertently blocked when the time comes to think of it.