array_in_python_that_is_called_list_that_we_iterate_over_in_this_example = [1, 2, 3]
CONSTANT_THAT_WE_USE_TO_MULTIPLY_EACH_ELEMENT_OF_THE_ITERABLE_BY = 2
array_in_python_that_is_called_list_for_demonstration_of_method_pop = [variable_that_contains_current_element_from_the_iterable_we_iterate_over * CONSTANT_THAT_WE_USE_TO_MULTIPLY_EACH_ELEMENT_OF_THE_ITERABLE_BY for variable_that_contains_current_element_from_the_iterable_we_iterate_over in array_in_python_that_is_called_list_that_we_iterate_over_in_this_example]
array_in_python_that_is_called_list_for_demonstration_of_method_pop.pop()
print(array_in_python_that_is_called_list_for_demonstration_of_method_pop)

py3

def abs(x):
  return (x**2)**0.5

def max(a,b):
  d=(a-b)//abs(a-b) 
  return int((a+d*a)/2 + (b-d*b)/2)

print(max(1,2))
print(max(2,1))
print(max(-1,2))
print(max(1,-2))
print(max(-1,-2))
print(max(-2,-1))
print(max(1,0))
print(max(-1,0))

2
2
2
1
-1
-1
1
0

py3

def abs(x):
  return (x**2)**0.5

def max(a,b):
  d=(a-b)//abs(a-b) 
  return (a+d*a)/2 + (b-d*b)/2

print(max(1,2.5))
print(max(2,1.3))
print(max(-1,2))
print(max(1,-2))
print(max(-1.7,-2.4))
print(max(-2,-1))
print(max(1,0))
print(max(-1,0))

2.5
2.0
2.0
1.0
-1.7
-1.0
1.0
0.0