On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:40 AM MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
On 2021-10-12 13:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:36:42PM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
You haven't given any reason why unary plus should imply ord().
I think the question Chris is really asking is why should unary plus return ord() rather than any other function or method.
We could make unary plus of a string equal to the upper() method:
+"Hello world" # returns "HELLO WORLD"
You could then strengthen that suggestion by saying the unary minus would be equivalent to the lower() method.
I would "strengthen" it further by suggesting swapcase for the squiggle operator:
~"Lime Cordial Delicious" 'lIME cORDIAL dELICIOUS'
And title case for the carot:
^"lime cordial delicious" 'Lime Cordial Delicious'
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