bug#42644: 28.0.50; Please let max and min accept zero arguments

[Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org>]

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Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
> Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org> writes:
>
>> What reader syntax would you prefer?
>
> I'm not criticizing the current syntax for the infinities.  It's just hard to remember them.

???

>> As for that regard, whatʼs wrong with, (/ +1.0 0) and (/ -1.0 0)?
>
> Wow, that doesn't error?

Thankfully, no.  So third-parties do not have to invent another numbers, like in some other languages:

	>>> 1 / 0.0
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
	ZeroDivisionError: float division by zero
	>>> import numpy
	>>> 1 / numpy.float64(0.0)
	inf

> It's hard to find a mathematical interpretation in which this makes any sense.

Dunno.  It makes perfect natural sense to me.  Perhaps, mathematics is too mind-warping. :-)

Also, Iʼd better emphasised zero, not numerator, with explicit flonum notation.  I hope, writing the same thing another way would help to realise how obvious it is:

        (/ +1 0.0) ; ⇒ 1.0e+INF

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