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Tue Jan 27 11:55:56 EST 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-January/042285.html

> > If we assume that no one is calling min or max without arguments in
> > order to raise a TypeError (which seems like a reasonable assumption),
> > then replacing the TypeError exception for behavior 1 with the following
> > seems reasonable:
> > min() -> Min
> > max() -> Max
> 
> I consider that behavior Unreasonable.  What's reasonable is
> 
> 	min() -> Max
> 	max() -> Min

That it is possible to disagree about whether min() should return Min
or Max is enough to veto this idea.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Python-Dev] PEP 326 (quick location possibility)