[Python-Dev] Small any/all enhancement

[Valentino Volonghi aka Dialtone]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:50:37PM -0800, Alex Martelli wrote:

I'll answer here for all the people who kindly answered.

> Why would that be better than
> any(o.some_attribute for o in some_objects)
> ?

I think it's because lately I've been using common lisp a lot and the approach
with the test function is pretty common there.

Of course I already knew all the alternatives using map and the generator
expression, but I felt like mine was clearer for a reader, this is probably
true but not enough to justify the change.

One reason was to hide the iteration from the user and let python handle
it, but I can see that this is both not enough and probably not even so
necessary since the iteration protocol is already 'hidden' when using for..in.

> What am I missing?

Nothing, it's just me and the bad influence that lisp has on my mind :).
Sorry to bother the list then. Thanks for the kind replies.

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