bug#42644: 28.0.50; Please let max and min accept zero arguments

[Stefan Kangas]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> > As for that regard, whatʼs wrong with, (/ +1.0 0) and (/ -1.0 0)?
>
> Wow, that doesn't error?  It's hard to find a mathematical
> interpretation in which this makes any sense.  IMHO much more weird than
> allowing zero args for `max' and `min'.

I guess this is related to IEEE-754.  I found an explanation here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14682005/why-does-division-by-zero-in-ieee754-standard-results-in-infinite-value

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas