Ticket #0001971

Summary	Rename MAXIMUM-OF and MINIMUM-OF to FIND-MAX and FIND-MIN, respectively
Description	MAXIMUM-OF and MINIMUM-OF don't actually return the maximum or minimum of a series, they return the series at the position of the maximum or minimum. Gregg has suggested that these be renamed to FIND-MAX and FIND-MIN instead. This would allow us to create different MAXIMUM-OF and MINIMUM-OF functions which actually do return the maximum and minimum values (see #1972 for such a proposal). Normally this would be against the (defacto) legacy naming rules, but we make an exception for functions that are rarely used and really badly named, especially when we have a much better use for the name. MAXIMUM-OF and MINIMUM-OF fit that description. This issue was last mentioned in #1818, but was first brought up in AltME years ago. See also #428 for issues that relate to /skip behavior of these functions.
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Comments
(0003528) BrianH 27-Feb-2013 06:34	Ch.Ensel (aka ChristianE) suggested that these be named AT-MAXIMUM and AT-MINIMUM instead in #1818. However, the functions don't really seem related to AT. For AT, you already know and specify the position; for these functions, you are trying to find the position. These really seem like they're more related to FIND.
(0003619) Gregg 13-Mar-2013 01:33	I agree with this change. From the old AltMe chat on it, Ladislav was against it, but suggested doc string changes would help. Here were my proposals at that time: FIND: "Returns the series where the value is found, or none if the value is not found." FIND-MAX: "Returns the series where the largest value is found, or none if the series is empty." AT-MAX: "Returns the series at the position where largest value is found, or none if the series is empty." AT-MAX: "Returns the series at the largest value, or none if the series is empty." I still prefer the FIND* variant over AT*, but either is better than what we have now.
(0004256) BrianH 20-Feb-2014 22:19	Requested #2110 to be better able to implement functions like these with the #428 record comparison rules.

Date	User	Field	Action	Change
26-Feb-2014 16:21	Ladislav	Severity	Modified	minor => major
20-Feb-2014 22:19	BrianH	Comment : 0004256	Added	-
13-Mar-2013 01:59	Gregg	Comment : 0003619	Modified	-
13-Mar-2013 01:33	Gregg	Comment : 0003619	Added	-
27-Feb-2013 06:34	BrianH	Comment : 0003528	Added	-
27-Feb-2013 01:35	BrianH	Description	Modified	-
27-Feb-2013 01:20	BrianH	Ticket	Added	-