On Sep 4, 2:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > David C. Ullrich: > > > At least in mathematics, the sum of the elements of > > the empty set _is_ 0, while the maximum element of the > > empty set is undefined. > > What do you think about my idea of adding that 'default' argument to > the max()/min() functions? > > Bye, > bearophile
For max and min, why can't you just add your argument to the set itself? The reason max([]) is undefined is that max( S ) is in S. The reason sum([]) is 0 is that sum( [ x ] ) - x = 0. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
