From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:53:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify that min and max also take multiple arguments.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2b1~184
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5eabf3823bafa081f7089965389b9908b4b3684d;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Clarify that min and max also take multiple arguments.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 38e073f5b243..d7ee837063f0 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -363,14 +363,16 @@ consisting of tuples containing the corresponding items from all lists
 any kind of sequence; the result is always a list.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{max}{s}
-  Return the largest item of a non-empty sequence (string, tuple or
-  list).
+\begin{funcdesc}{max}{s\optional{, args...}}
+With a single argument \var{s}, return the largest item of a
+non-empty sequence (e.g., a string, tuple or list).  With more than
+one argument, return the largest of the arguments.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{min}{s}
-  Return the smallest item of a non-empty sequence (string, tuple or
-  list).
+\begin{funcdesc}{min}{s\optional{, args...}}
+With a single argument \var{s}, return the smallest item of a
+non-empty sequence (e.g., a string, tuple or list).  With more than
+one argument, return the smallest of the arguments.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{oct}{x}