From c47917071afebc9b715586677c87508b7472af69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:48:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Replace the localized min/max calls with normal if/else

---
 Lib/collections.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index 786a9f784a3..0d35bfd0c51 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ class Counter(dict):
         '''
         if not isinstance(other, Counter):
             return NotImplemented
-        _max = max
         result = Counter()
         for elem in set(self) | set(other):
-            newcount = _max(self[elem], other[elem])
+            p, q = self[elem], other[elem]
+            newcount = q if p < q else p
             if newcount > 0:
                 result[elem] = newcount
         return result
@@ -478,12 +478,12 @@ class Counter(dict):
         '''
         if not isinstance(other, Counter):
             return NotImplemented
-        _min = min
         result = Counter()
         if len(self) < len(other):
             self, other = other, self
         for elem in filter(self.__contains__, other):
-            newcount = _min(self[elem], other[elem])
+            p, q = self[elem], other[elem]
+            newcount = p if p < q else q
             if newcount > 0:
                 result[elem] = newcount
         return result