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[Python-Dev] Behaviour of max() and min() with equal keys

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On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Decimal may actually have this backwards. The idea would be that
> min(*lst) == sorted(lst)[0], and max(*lst) == sorted(lst)[-1]. Given a
> stable sort, then, max of equivalent elements would return the last
> element, and min the first.

Yes, you're right; that would make more sense than the other way around.

Mark

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