Fixed inconsistency between the RealField::min_value docs and functionality. #65
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The docs for the function state "The smallest finite positive value representable using this type.", but f32::MIN & f64::MIN are both the smallest values representable(and are thus negative). It appears impl_real! is only ever used for f32 and f64, both of which have the "::MIN_VALUE constant. This change makes the functionality of the ::min_value() method consistent with the docs.
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The docs for the function state "The smallest finite positive value representable using this type.", but f32::MIN & f64::MIN are both the smallest values representable(and are thus negative). The f32::MIN_POSITIVE & f64::MIN_POSITIVE are the constants with the smallest values for their respective types that are still positive.
This could also be an issue with the docs, and the RealField::min_value() function is actually meant to return the smallest value for the type, in which case this pull request would break projects depending on this function.