old_contents: """
  Compatibility support for Python 3.3. Remove when Python 3.3 support is
  no longer required.
  """
  
  from .py27compat import builtins
  
  
  def max(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Add support for 'default' kwarg.
  
      >>> max([], default='res')
      'res'
  
      >>> max(default='res')
      Traceback (most recent call last):
      ...
      TypeError: ...
  
      >>> max('a', 'b', default='other')
      'b'
      """
      missing = object()
      if not 'default' in kwargs:
          return builtins.max(*args, **kwargs)
      default = kwargs.pop('default', missing)
      try:
          return builtins.max(*args, **kwargs)
      except ValueError as exc:
          if 'empty sequence' in str(exc) and default is not missing:
              return default
          raise
  
new_contents: """
  Compatibility support for Python 3.3. Remove when Python 3.3 support is
  no longer required.
  """
  
  from .py27compat import builtins
  
  
  def max(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Add support for 'default' kwarg.
  
      >>> max([], default='res')
      'res'
  
      >>> max(default='res')
      Traceback (most recent call last):
      ...
      TypeError: ...
  
      >>> max('a', 'b', default='other')
      'b'
      """
      missing = object()
      default = kwargs.pop('default', missing)
      try:
          return builtins.max(*args, **kwargs)
      except ValueError as exc:
          if 'empty sequence' in str(exc) and default is not missing:
              return default
          raise
  
subject: Remove superfluous check for default