[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62283] max (a, b) gives neither a nor b but a random third value

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                 Summary: max (a, b) gives neither a nor b but a random third
value
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 10 Apr 2022 06:53:18 PM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.4.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

 a = int8 (100);  b = 200;  max (a, b)

Expected 200, but got 127.

Weird rule for integers. Better to say "cannot call max for mixing int8 and
double".

Was not documented in max so this bug report to ask to document this weird
result.




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