developers can take responsibility to know what bitwise operators do the same as they know what "+" does
Yes but they won't. Pragmatically speaking adding a comment to explain a concept the next developer won't use very often means you won't need to answer their questions about it when they next need to modify that piece of code. That's a big win for you, and it means the other developer can carry on being productive.
Yes but they won't. Pragmatically speaking adding a comment to explain a concept the next developer won't use very often means you won't need to answer their questions about it when they next need to modify that piece of code. That's a big win for you, and it means the other developer can carry on being productive.