From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2005-11-25T11:19:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Improving min/max for Range

Hi,

In message "Re: Improving min/max for Range"
    on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:53:35 +0900, Alexander <madevilgenius@gmail.com> writes:

|> #min makes sense.  I'd like to merge your idea.  #max needs to
|> consider about end exclusion.  I'm not sure what (0...1.0).max should
|> return.  Error?

|Good point. I think max should throw if the number doesn't support the
|integer protocol; there's simply no way to handle it intelligently.
|For int-type types, I suggest that (end.to_int - 1) should be used,
|since there is no #pred counterpart to #succ.

I've just committed my implementation of Range#min and #max to CVS
HEAD.  Check if you have interest.

							matz.