On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:40 AM MRAB <pyt...@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' So many shortcuts! Think of the line space savings. --- Ricky. "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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