On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:57:05 -0400
Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Once you walk down the path of "What should (max) return?" I think you won't
> want a default behavior.
>
> Stu
>
> P.S. Agreed that (max []) is a bad example.
Given that max only works on numbers, then why doesn't (max []) throw
the same exception as (max [] [])? Or, for that matter, (max \a) throw
the same exception as (max \a \b \c)?
If max worked on any comparable (which is what I expected), then (max
A) always returning A makes sense, even if A isn't comparable. But
that behavior when max is defined as only working on numbers sure
seems like a bug.
<mike
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