Re: maximize null list => 0?

Quoting https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/06_ac.htm:

If the maximize or minimize clause is never executed, the accumulated value
> is unspecified.


So an implementation is free to return 0 or any other value.

Best regards
David Scherfgen

Am So., 9. Nov. 2025 um 00:30 Uhr schrieb Jeff Cunningham <
[email protected]>:

> I just noticed that
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>   (loop for i in '() maximize i) ; => 0
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> Seems like this violate the Principal of Least Surprise. I thoutht it
> was going to return NIL. Given the maturity of Lisp, it must have been
> a design decision argued about in a committee. I'm curious if anyone
> knows what the rational was.
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> -- Jeff
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