[Python-ideas] Re: Overloading unary plus in strings with "ord"

[Jeremiah Vivian]

> -1. It's unnecessary optimization for an uncommon case, abuse of syntax
Good point. But what else can the unary positive do? I'm just trying to add a 
use for it.
> illogical - why should +"a" be the integer 97?
Because `ord("a")` is `97`. Have you read the last question at the end of the 
post?
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