It is worse than unnecessary. If people start irrationally doing things like recognizing the '+' then that creates facts on the ground which rational reasons f

It is worse than unnecessary. If people start irrationally doing things like recognizing the '+' then that creates facts on the ground which rational reasons for others to have to recognize the '+' -- except nobody really knows why anyone is doing it or what semantics anyone else is using. Thus the whole thing evolves into mess. So please don't do that. Respect the bytes that be!