[jira] Commented: (LANG-642) Need varargs form of NumberUtils.max(), etc

["david cogen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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david cogen commented on LANG-642:
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On second thought, I attempted to prototype this scheme and was unable to prevent ambiguity in choosing function signatures. It may not be possible with varargs as I described.

If not possible, it would be useful to extend the min() and max() functions to 4 arguments rather than stop at 3. Example

int max (int i1, int i2, int i3, int i4)
and so on for the other number types.

There are good reasons for a limit of 4 args rather than 3. In my case, I wanted a simple expression to give me the largest of the four margins of an Inset.

> Need varargs form of NumberUtils.max(), etc
> -------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-642
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-642
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: lang.math.*
>            Reporter: david cogen
>            Priority: Minor
>
> There should be a varargs form of the NumberUtils.max() and min() functions.
> E.g. int max (int... numbers)
> This might conflict with the existing int max (int[] numbers) but that function would in fact not be needed if the varargs form existed because an array could be supplied to it just as easily.
> Or, if it is undesirable to remove max(int[] numbers), then a varargs function could be defined as
> int max (int number1, int... moreNumbers)
> which would work for any number of arguments greater than 0.
> Of course this function should be implemented for all number types (byte, short, float, double, etc) and both max() and min() should be provided.

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