[Moderator's note: this defect report has been forwarded to the
 C++ committee.  -moderator (fjh).]

In Section 25.3.7 [lib.alg.min.max], both std::min and
std::max are defined as template functions.  This is very
different than the definition of std::plus (and similar
structs) which are defined as function objects which inherit
std::binary_function.

 This lack of inheritance leaves std::min and std::max
somewhat useless in standard library algorithms which require
a function object that inherits std::binary_function.

 Mark Rintoul
 rintoul@sandia.gov
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