Positive and negative zero cannot be distinguished by normal equality checks, meaning +0.0 == -0.0. Therefore, for consistency's sake +0.0 > -0.0 ought to be fa

Positive and negative zero cannot be distinguished by normal equality checks, meaning +0.0 == -0.0. Therefore, for consistency's sake +0.0 > -0.0 ought to be false, which would yield a return value of -0.0 for max(+0.0, -(+0.0))