From 305e89d5368a9d17672bdb5a0d0010648c7ac303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Peter <sharkdp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 10:00:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Consolidate min and max in the statistics module

---
 src/benchmark/mod.rs   |  7 +++----
 src/util/min_max.rs    | 28 ----------------------------
 src/util/mod.rs        |  1 -
 src/util/statistics.rs | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/util/min_max.rs

diff --git a/src/benchmark/mod.rs b/src/benchmark/mod.rs
index 0ba58a6..fd59224 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/mod.rs
+++ b/src/benchmark/mod.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ use crate::output::progress_bar::get_progress_bar;
 use crate::output::warnings::{OutlierWarningOptions, Warnings};
 use crate::parameter::ParameterNameAndValue;
 use crate::util::exit_code::extract_exit_code;
-use crate::util::min_max::{max, min};
-use crate::util::statistics::{mean, median, standard_deviation};
+use crate::util::statistics::{max, mean, median, min, standard_deviation};
 use crate::util::units::Second;
 use benchmark_result::BenchmarkResult;
 use measurement::Measurement;
@@ -344,8 +343,8 @@ impl<'a> Benchmark<'a> {
             None
         };
         let t_median = median(&times_real);
-        let t_min = min(&times_real);
-        let t_max = max(&times_real);
+        let t_min = min(times_real.iter().copied());
+        let t_max = max(times_real.iter().copied());
 
         let user_mean = mean(&times_user);
         let system_mean = mean(&times_system);
diff --git a/src/util/min_max.rs b/src/util/min_max.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d4ee07e..0000000
--- a/src/util/min_max.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/// A max function for f64's without NaNs
-pub fn max(vals: &[f64]) -> f64 {
-    *vals
-        .iter()
-        .max_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap())
-        .unwrap()
-}
-
-/// A min function for f64's without NaNs
-pub fn min(vals: &[f64]) -> f64 {
-    *vals
-        .iter()
-        .min_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap())
-        .unwrap()
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn test_max() {
-    let assert_float_eq = |a: f64, b: f64| {
-        assert!((a - b).abs() < f64::EPSILON);
-    };
-
-    assert_float_eq(1.0, max(&[1.0]));
-    assert_float_eq(-1.0, max(&[-1.0]));
-    assert_float_eq(-1.0, max(&[-2.0, -1.0]));
-    assert_float_eq(1.0, max(&[-1.0, 1.0]));
-    assert_float_eq(1.0, max(&[-1.0, 1.0, 0.0]));
-}
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index 8996214..e5cdaba 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pub mod exit_code;
-pub mod min_max;
 pub mod number;
 pub mod randomized_environment_offset;
 pub mod statistics;
diff --git a/src/util/statistics.rs b/src/util/statistics.rs
index 185233b..1099caa 100644
--- a/src/util/statistics.rs
+++ b/src/util/statistics.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 //! Statistics for non-empty samples of finite measurements.
 
+/// A min function that assumes no NaNs and at least one element
+pub fn min<Q: PartialOrd>(values: impl IntoIterator<Item = Q>) -> Q {
+    values
+        .into_iter()
+        .min_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).expect("No NaN values"))
+        .expect("'min' requires at least one element")
+}
+
+/// A max function that assumes no NaNs and at least one element
+pub fn max<Q: PartialOrd>(values: impl IntoIterator<Item = Q>) -> Q {
+    values
+        .into_iter()
+        .max_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).expect("No NaN values"))
+        .expect("'max' requires at least one element")
+}
+
 /// Arithmetic mean, summing measurements in their original order.
 pub fn mean(values: &[f64]) -> f64 {
     values.iter().fold(0.0, |sum, value| sum + value) / values.len() as f64
@@ -44,6 +60,30 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use approx::assert_relative_eq;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_min() {
+        assert_eq!(1.0, min([1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-1.0, min([-1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-2.0, min([-2.0, -1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-1.0, min([-1.0, 1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-1.0, min([1.0, -1.0, 0.0]));
+
+        let values = vec![1024.0, 2.0, 3.0];
+        assert_eq!(*min(&values), 2.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_max() {
+        assert_eq!(1.0, max([1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-1.0, max([-1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(-1.0, max([-2.0, -1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(1.0, max([-1.0, 1.0]));
+        assert_eq!(1.0, max([-1.0, 1.0, 0.0]));
+
+        let values = vec![1.0, 2048.0, 3.0];
+        assert_eq!(*max(&values), 2048.0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_mean() {
         assert_eq!(1.0, mean(&[1.0]));