[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Re: max/min bug

[janko hauser]

Two ways are possible, rename to mmax,mmin or ask in the function for
type of m and return the appropiate result, if it is something other
than an array. I think the second way is error prone, because of
possible other numerical objects. Or are there better indicators than
'type()'?

__Janko


Konrad Hinsen writes:
 > > Anyway, here are my attempts: 
 > > (If there are mistakes, please shout loud!)
 > > 
 > > def max(m,axis=0):
 > >       if axis == None:
 > >    return maximum.reduce(ravel(m))
 > >       else:
 > >    return maximum.reduce(m,axis)
 > > 
 > > def min(m,axis=0):
 > >       if axis == None:
 > >    return minimum.reduce(ravel(m))
 > >       else:
 > >    return minimum.reduce(m,axis)
 > 
 > The definitions are OK (and probably quite useful), but I would
 > strongly recommend *not* to redefine min and max, which after all are
 > built-in Python functions. If you import these definitions plus some
 > code that needs the built-ins, you will get nasty surprises.
 > 
 > Konrad.
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