How to create a unary operator?

[Erik Max Francis]

Joe Sixpack wrote:

> Is it possible to create a unary operator on a class object by
> redefining an
> existing operator symbol?  If so, how?

Sorry, no.  In Python you can overload operators, but only preexisting
ones in the way they already work.  You could override unary negation,
for instance, but you can't make bitwise xor act as a unary operator or
introduce a brand new binary operator like @.

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