def max(*L):
"""
Returns the maximum of the inputs, where the maximum of the empty
list is ``-infinity``.
EXAMPLES::
sage: from sage.rings.padics.misc import max
sage: max()
-Infinity
sage: max(2,3)
3
"""
if len(L) == 1 and isinstance(L[0], (list, tuple)):
L = L[0]
try:
return python_max(L)
except ValueError:
return -infinity
def max(*L):
r"""
Return the maximum of the inputs, where the maximum of the empty
list is `-\infty`.
EXAMPLES::
sage: from sage.rings.padics.misc import max
sage: max()
-Infinity
sage: max(2,3)
3
"""
if len(L) == 1 and isinstance(L[0], (list, tuple)):
L = L[0]
try:
return python_max(L)
except ValueError:
return -infinity