[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 326 (quick location possibility) (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark-mlist at att.net
Tue Jan 27 11:08:55 EST 2004

> By extension, it would make sense to alter the objects Min and Max to > have their string representation be 'min()' and 'max()' respectively.

This strikes me as plausible for the following reason: int() and list(), for instance, instead of raising TypeError as some would expect or even want, return their additive identity elements. You are proposing that min() and max() return their respective comparitive identity elements.

Unfortunately, no. The identity element for min is Max, and the identity element for max is Min.

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