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

As has been commented upon, the code is indeed 'ok'.

Using the single pipe '|' will evaluate all expressions before returning the result. '||' can be more efficient, since it ceases as soon as an expression evaluates to true.