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Dmitri Blinov commented on JEXL-295:
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I'm terribly sorry but, with regard to the current implementation, is the 
`positivize` a correct term to use for unary plus operator? One might think 
that `positivize` is indended to make something positive, which in our case is 
not. Should we instead call it `promote` ?

> Add unary plus operator
> -----------------------
>
>                 Key: JEXL-295
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-295
>             Project: Commons JEXL
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>    Affects Versions: 3.1
>            Reporter: Henri Biestro
>            Assignee: Henri Biestro
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 3.2
>
>
> WHAT
> Introduce a new operator, the unary plus as in '+4' or '+b' expressions. JEXL 
> arithmetic already allows using a unary minus operator (the negate operation) 
> so there is logic in having the counterpart.
> The proposed default behaviour would be to:
> - call the 'Math.abs(...)' method for numbers
> - return true for boolean 
> - could uppercase strings ? (should '-' lowercase strings ??)
> HOW
> - Follow the unary minus syntax and construct in the .jjt / ASTUnaryPlus / 
> ParserVisitor
> - Implement Interpreter, Debugger
> - Implement abs in JexlArithmetic



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