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

[Konrad Hinsen]

> 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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