Nov. 27, 2008
6:59 p.m.
>> Is it maybe the right time to add a builtin Smallest (and also >> Largest) object, i.e. two singletons so that `Smallest < x` for every >> x: x is not Smallest and `Largest > x` for every x: x is not Largest >> ? Roberto> Largest = float('Infinity') Roberto> Smallest = float('-Infinity') Hmmm... Python 2.7a0 (trunk:67276M, Nov 18 2008, 21:20:11) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> Smallest = float('-Infinity') >>> Largest = float('Infinity') >>> Smallest < 'a' True >>> Largest < 'a' True In short, it will likely work for numbers but not other types. Skip