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.