[Python-ideas] 'default' keyword argument for max(), min()

[John Arbash Meinel]

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> Are the typical use cases occuring with iterables that are also
> sequences?  If so, why would a default argument be better
> than a conditional expression:
> 
>    x = min(s) if s else 0
> 
> 
> Raymond
> 

Because min(s) if s could be a generator which won't evaluate to False,
even though it returns no entries.

John
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