On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Allen Rabinovich <allen... > A
beginner mpmath question here: how do I compute a min (or a max)
of two > mpf numbers? Is just the regular python min(a,b) the
answer? Why does that > work properly, given that mpf's are
their own datatypes, and min relies on > standard comparison
operators? Yes, min(a,b) works fine. It works because mpmath
classes provide comparison methods (__ge__, __gt__, etc.) so
that the standard comparison operators (>=, >, etc.) can be
used. This is standard for custom numeric types in Python.