max() of a list of tuples

[Martin Maney]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
> Martin Maney wrote:
>> Why not (None,None,None) as the initial value?

> It's an implementation defined area, and as such, your program shouldn't
> rely on it if you want portability.

Bother.  Okay, back to Looking It Up, then.  :-)

(I'm sure there are half a dozen others who replied likewise; Erik just
happened to come up first in thread order.)