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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, the problem with this code is that if `something()` is ever unexpectedly empty, suddenly that `MAX` value is going to get
<i>actually used</i> for something, and who knows what might happen. It’s, of course, vulnerable to the “let’s just add a little” problem, same as the other case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It would seem safer to address the empty case explicitly… but then you don’t need `MAX` anymore, you can just initialize `min` to the first value. This way you’d have a variable that was never bogus at any time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, I am not suggesting that the potential for misuse is a sufficient argument for
<i>not</i> offering something. Only that I’m not sure this use case is motivating
<i>for</i> offering it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev-retn@openjdk.org> on behalf of Éamonn McManus <emcmanus@google.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 3:03</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Roger Riggs <roger.riggs@oracle.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>core-libs-dev@openjdk.org <core-libs-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Duration.MAX_VALUE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two typical use cases:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">// 1. Sentinel<o:p></o:p></p>
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