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


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: bug#42644: 28.0.50; Please let max and min accept zero arguments
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:08:27 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

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?  It's hard to find a mathematical
interpretation in which this makes any sense.  IMHO much more weird than
allowing zero args for `max' and `min'.

Michael.





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