[Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] minmax() function returning (minimum, maximum) tuple of a sequence (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Oct 10 22:09:48 CEST 2010

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:57:21 -0500 "Paul McGuire" <ptmcg at austin.rr.com> wrote:

Any comments? Interest? Should I write up a PEP? Go back to my pyparsing hole?

Generally, these things are discussed on python-ideas first. I don't think a PEP required for a single function, but you'll have to convince people that it's useful ;)

Personnally, I'm not convinced that a maximum 25% improvement on a rather uncommon use case (min() and max() on a sequence of objects which take a long time to compare) is a compelling argument for a builtin. On the other hand, it would be a rather simple and intuitive builtin, so why not?

Regards

Antoine.

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