max(NULL)

[Paul Gilbert]

In Splus 3.3 and previous to R 0.63  max(NULL) returned NA and now it returns

> max(NULL)
Warning in max(..., na.rm = na.rm) : no finite arguments to min/max; returning
extreme.
[1] -2147483647

Is this a bug or an intentional change?

Paul Gilbert

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