Steven Bethard wrote: >> return max(lst) > > Very clever! Thanks!
too clever. boolean > None isn't guaranteed by the language specification: http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html "... objects of different types always compare unequal, and are ordered consistently but arbitrarily. /.../ In the future, the comparison rules for objects of different types are likely to change. ..." </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list