[issue18111] Add a default argument to min & max

[Ned Batchelder]

Ned Batchelder added the comment:

I find the workarounds mentioned here to be baroque and confusing.  The concept of a default value to return in the case of an empty iterator is straightforward.  I'm +1 on adding this as well.

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nosy: +nedbat

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