From @masak

From Rakudo r33221​:

$ perl6 -e'say [].min'
Use of uninitialized value

$ perl6 -e'say [].max'
Use of uninitialized value

<pmichaud> min of an empty list should be...?
<TimToady> +Inf
* masak files rakudobug
<TimToady> according to S03, if you consider it equiv to [min]()
<pmichaud> undef is what it returns now.
<pmichaud> and .min isn't constrained to be numeric, is it?
<TimToady> no, but +Inf isn't constrained to be numeric either, necessarily
<pmichaud> ah. :-)

From @cspencer

The attached patch fixes the issues below. min/max on an empty list
should now return Inf/-Inf respectively.

On Wed Nov 26 13​:49​:32 2008, masak wrote​:

From Rakudo r33221​:

$ perl6 -e'say [].min'
Use of uninitialized value

$ perl6 -e'say [].max'
Use of uninitialized value

<pmichaud> min of an empty list should be...?
<TimToady> +Inf
* masak files rakudobug
<TimToady> according to S03, if you consider it equiv to [min]()
<pmichaud> undef is what it returns now.
<pmichaud> and .min isn't constrained to be numeric, is it?
<TimToady> no, but +Inf isn't constrained to be numeric either,
necessarily
<pmichaud> ah. :-)

From @cspencer

Index: src/builtins/any-list.pir
===================================================================
--- src/builtins/any-list.pir	(revision 34202)
+++ src/builtins/any-list.pir	(working copy)
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@
     result = $P0
     goto loop
   fail:
-    result = 'undef'()
+    .local num failres
+    failres = "+Inf"
+    .return (failres)
   done:
     .return (result)
 .end
@@ -288,7 +290,9 @@
     result = $P0
     goto loop
   fail:
-    result = 'undef'()
+    .local num failres
+    failres = "-Inf"
+    .return (failres)
   done:
     .return (result)
 .end

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @pmichaud

On Sun Dec 21 08​:26​:41 2008, cspencer wrote​:

The attached patch fixes the issues below. min/max on an empty list
should now return Inf/-Inf respectively.

Applied in r34214, thanks!

Pm

@pmichaud - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'