Max(x, y).is_Function but isinstance(Max(x, y), Function) is False

[smichr]

Is there a reason for these functions to not appear as Function? (They are Application type.)

[jashan498]

Being Application type makes Max(x, y).is_Function = True but Max is not inherited from Function that is why isinstance(Max(x, y), Function) is False

[smichr]

Other than making Max inherit from Function, is there any way to make it so isinstance(Max(x, 1), Function) would be true? Is there a reason that Max doesn't inherit from Function (perhaps in addition to Application)?

[jashan498]

I don't think it would be possible until Max is a subclass of Function. I have seen a similar issue here.

[jksuom]

Max and Min differ from most functions in that they are restricted to the real domain. I don't know if this was the reason for not making them inherit from Function, but it might not be a bad idea to keep it that way.

[normalhuman]

Heaviside is also restricted to real domain, but inherits from Function nonetheless.

I thought that the fact that the number of arguments of Max and Min is variable could be a factor here. But does anything actually break if the definition of Max was class Max(MinMaxBase, Function)?