Re: Finding max or min of exactly two objects

[Brian Goetz]

Well, probably I formulated it not so clearly. I'd like to have the
following additions:
public interface Comparator<T> {
...
     default T max(T a, T b) {
         return compare(a, b) > 0 ? a : b;
     }

     default T min(T a, T b) {
         return compare(a, b) > 0 ? b : a;
     }

     static <T extends Comparable<T>> T max(T a, T b) {
         return a.compareTo(b) > 0 ? a : b;
     }

     static <T extends Comparable<T>> T min(T a, T b) {
         return a.compareTo(b) > 0 ? b : a;
     }
}

Let's separate these.  I think the first two have a good claim to be in 
Comparator; I think the latter two probably live better in Comparable, 
which feels like a separate conversation (and maybe less important?)   
(And also, there's some overlap with some yet-uncollapsed stuff going on 
in Valhalla that I'd like to steer clear of.)