my $old = $self->get_column($column);
my $ret = $self->store_column(@_);
$self->{_dirty_columns}{$column} = 1
- if (defined $old ^ defined $ret) || (defined $old && $old ne $ret);
+ if (defined $old xor defined $ret) || (defined $old && $old ne $ret);
# XXX clear out the relation cache for this column
delete $self->{related_resultsets}{$column};