min() function anomalies

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

But Shari, the last comma provides zero as the last item. Not very  
useful and potentially hazardous, I agree.

Joe  Wilkins

On Jun 13, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Shari wrote:

> This may not affect any of you, but I discovered a change that has  
> sent me scurrying thru a lot of hoops wondering why my code was  
> broken.
>
> The original Metacard handled the min() function as Hypercard once  
> did.  But later versions handle it differently.  If your program  
> was originally written in Hypercard or Metacard and ported to  
> Revolution, you might be affected by this.
>
> The min() function returns different results depending on the  
> engine version:
>
> min(1,2,3,4,)   # note the extra comma
>
> Hypercard 2.4.1 = 1
> Metacard 2.4.3 = 1
> MC/Rev 2.7.4 = 0
> MC/Rev 2.8.1 = 0
>
> I do not know if Rev would consider this a bug, or a "feature".   
> Does anybody know?
>
> max(1,2,3,4,) produces 4, as one would expect.
>
> Shari
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