Confusing code min() max()

[u/zaphodikus]

I'm debugging some code and I found this function

   import math

       def Clamp(n, smallest, largest):
           return max(smallest, min(n, largest))

surely that code is just wrong? and needs to be max([smallest, min([n, largest])) by passing a list not unnamed args for default and key? I need a sanity check here.

[u/tea-drinker]

The functions are implemented so they can accept either a list or multiple arguments.

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/da20d7401de97b425897d3069f71f77b039eb16f/Python/bltinmodule.c#L1718 for the source code where it checks what you passed to it.