Proposal: min(None, x) and max(None, x) return x

[Erik Max Francis]

Bengt Richter wrote:

> How about adding optional keyword args to min and max, so the
> semantics
> would be something like (not very tested ;-):

That seems like a reasonable extension, but then is it really necessary?
Just preprocess the sequence before you send it to min/max; e.g. to
exclude None from the check:

	max(filter(lambda x: x is not None, L))

or

	max([x for x in L if L is not None])

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