> (Of course, for `min(max(...))` I usually write a `clamp()` function to hide that for me, but someones I want to only clamp in one direction) You could make

> (Of course, for `min(max(...))` I usually write a `clamp()` function to hide that for me, but someones I want to only clamp in one direction) You could make clamp work in only one direction too. clamp(number, None, upper_bound) or the idiomatic equivalent in your language of choice seems pretty readable.