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Add ligatures for logical and && and or ||

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Description

Boolean operators
&& to U+2227 thus ∧
|| to U+2228 thus ∨
^^ to U+22BB thus ⊻ or U+2295 thus ⊕

a rational reason for this would be to distinguish between boolean and bitwise operators (& vs &&, | vs
||) which would greatly help the careless programmer

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First locate the font's ligature definitions and settle whether ^^ maps to ⊻ or ⊕; done means the requested logical-operator ligatures render distinctly from bitwise operators.

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design
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
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1-2 days
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