# Parentheses turn Booleans into Numbers for no reason

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parentheses-turn-booleans-into-numbers-for-no-reason/305510>\
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**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parentheses-turn-booleans-into-numbers-for-no-reason/305510 "2010-02-26T10:34:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parentheses-turn-booleans-into-numbers-for-no-reason/305510/1 "2010-02-26T10:34:53Z")

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```auto

a:Boolean = true;
b:Boolean = false;

if(a|b) /* whatever */

```

Results into: Implicit coercion of a value of type Boolean to an unrelated type Number.

Why do parentheses turn into Booleans into Numbers? Can’t I use bitwise operations?