MIN and MAX in C

Question

Where are MIN and MAX defined in C, if at all?

What is the best way to implement these, as generically and type safely as possible? (Compil

Answer 1

It's worth pointing out I think that if you define min and max with the ternary operation such as

#define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
#define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))

then to get the same result for the special case of fmin(-0.0,0.0) and fmax(-0.0,0.0) you need to swap the arguments

fmax(a,b) = MAX(a,b)
fmin(a,b) = MIN(b,a)