Proposal: min(None, x) and max(None, x) return x

[Alex Martelli]

Chad Netzer wrote:
   ...
> _xMax = []
> for -whatever-:
>   -big calculation leading to a value of x-
>   _xMax.append( x )
>   _xMax = [max(xMax)]
>   xMax = _xMax[0]

perhaps a slightly better expression of the same idea might be...

_xMax = []
for -whatever-:
  -big calculation leading to a value of x-
  _xMax = [max([x]+_xMax)]
xMax = _xMax[0]


Alex