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envelope-from=michael_heerdegen@web.de; helo=mout.web.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/01 02:30:43 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -37 X-Spam_score: -3.8 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:183751 Archived-At: Hello, I want to suggest to make the functions `max' and `min' accept zero arguments, with (max) => negative infinity (min) => positive infinity That would be mathematically consistent, and would offer an easier to remember syntax to specify the infinities (at least for mathematicians). I hate the read syntax suggested in the manual, I have to look it up every single time. Ironically, most of the time I use it it's the initial value for a max or min number sequence folding. `seq-max' and `seq-min' should also support it. TIA, Michael. In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 161, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-07-31 built on drachen Repository revision: 26cf87416ffec74f4ffb05f652c927b75f5ee482 Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12008000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid