reducing an Array of Float using scala.math.max

Question

I am confused by the following behavior - why does reducing an Array of Int work using math.max, but an Array of Float requires a wrapped function? I have memories that this

Answer 1

It looks like this is a bug in the inferrer, cause with Int it infers types correctly:

private[this] val res2: Int = scala.this.Predef.intArrayOps(scala.Array.apply(1, 2, 4)).reduce[Int]({
  ((x: Int, y: Int) => scala.math.`package`.max(x, y))
});

but with Floats:

private[this] val res1: AnyVal = scala.this.Predef.floatArrayOps(scala.Array.apply(1.0, 3.0, 4.0)).reduce[AnyVal]({
  ((x: Int, y: Int) => scala.math.`package`.max(x, y))
});

If you explicitly annotate reduce with a Float type it should work:

Array(1f, 3f, 4f).reduce[Float](max)

private[this] val res3: Float = scala.this.Predef.floatArrayOps(scala.Array.apply(1.0, 3.0, 4.0)).reduce[Float]({
  ((x: Float, y: Float) => scala.math.`package`.max(x, y))
});