min and max now return one of their arguments

* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Comparison of Numbers):
* etc/NEWS: Document this.
* src/data.c (Amax, Amin): Remove constants.  All uses removed.
(minmax_driver): New function.
(Fmax, Fmin): Use it instead of arith_driver.
* test/src/data-tests.el (data-tests-max, data-tests-min): New tests.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index deae5fd85dc..3fdc94169bd 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -427,8 +427,6 @@ the following argument.  It returns @code{t} if so, @code{nil} otherwise.
 
 @defun max number-or-marker &rest numbers-or-markers
 This function returns the largest of its arguments.
-If any of the arguments is floating point, the value is returned
-as floating point, even if it was given as an integer.
 
 @example
 (max 20)
@@ -436,14 +434,12 @@ as floating point, even if it was given as an integer.
 (max 1 2.5)
      @result{} 2.5
 (max 1 3 2.5)
-     @result{} 3.0
+     @result{} 3
 @end example
 @end defun
 
 @defun min number-or-marker &rest numbers-or-markers
 This function returns the smallest of its arguments.
-If any of the arguments is floating point, the value is returned
-as floating point, even if it was given as an integer.
 
 @example
 (min -4 1)