[Python-Dev] Any reason that any()/all() do not take a predicateargument? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Apr 15 11:10:32 CEST 2006


Brian Quinlan wrote:

if any(seq, lambda x: x==5): if any(x==5 for x in seq): Aren't all of these equivalent to: if 5 in seq: ...

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

Regards, Martin



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