[Python-ideas] Parametrized any() and all() ? (original) (raw)

Tarek Ziadé tarek at ziade.org
Wed Jan 16 11:30:22 CET 2013


Hello

any() and all() are very useful small functions, and I am wondering if it could be interesting to have them work with different operators, by using a callable.

e.g. something like:

import operator

def any(iterable, filter=operator.truth): for element in iterable: if filter(element): return True return False

For instance I could then us any() to find out if there's a None in the sequence:

if any(iterable, op=lambda x: x is None): raise SomeError("There's a none in that list")

Granted, it's easy to do it myself in a small util function - but since any() and all() are in Python...

Cheers Tarek

-- Tarek Ziadé · http://ziade.org · @tarek_ziade

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