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Comparison operator in findmin() variants

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#14,216 opened on Dec 1, 2015

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This issue was raised in the mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/julia-users/iBydnBqQgxg

Although we can define a custom type and specialize the < operator for it, sometimes we may be interested in testing different operators on the spot. What are your thoughts on an additional option a la C++?

findmin(array, lt=<)

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Review the mailing list discussion linked in the issue, then examine the current implementation of findmin in base/reduce.jl to understand where to add the optional 'lt' parameter. Check if there are any related PRs or discussions about similar functions.
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