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[Python-ideas] [Python-Dev] minmax() function returning (minimum, maximum) tuple of a sequence

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Fri Oct 15 19:27:10 CEST 2010 
Am 15.10.2010 19:13, schrieb Ron Adam:

> [Tal also says]
>> As Guido mentioned, there is never a reason to do max(value) where
>> value is not an iterable.
> 
> Well, you can always avoid doing it, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be 
> nice to have sometimes.  Take a look at the following three coroutines that 
> do the same exact thing.  Which is easier to read and which would be 
> considered the more Pythonic.
> 
> 
> def xmin(*args, **kwds):
>      # Allow min to work with a single non-iterable value.
>      if len(args) == 1 and not hasattr(args[0], "__iter__"):
>          return min(args, **kwds)
>      else:
>          return min(*args, **kwds)

I don't understand this function.  Why wouldn't you simply always call

   return min(args, **kwds)

?

Georg

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