[Python-Dev] Adding any() and all()

[Pierre Barbier de Reuille]

And why not use the names already in use in numarray/Numeric ?

They are called "sometrue" and "alltrue" ... IMHO, it explicits more 
what it means :

   alltrue(i<5 for i in l)
   sometrue(i<5 for i in l)

Another point is: as I agree there is already a huge lot of builtins, 
shouldn't it be in some module ? Perhaps in itertools ?

Pierre

PS: It's my first post on the list, even if I'm reading it for a few 
months now ^_^

Peter Astrand a écrit :
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Paul Moore wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Not sure this is pertinent but anyway: "any" and "all" are often used
>>>as variable names. "all" especially often and then almost always as a
>>>list of something. It would not be good to add "all" to the list of
>>>words to watch out for. Also, "all" is usually thought of as a list of
> 
> 
>>Using "any" and "all" as variables hides the builtins, but doesn't
>>disallow their use elsewhere. Personally, though, I wouldn't use "any"
>>or "all" as variable names, so that's a style issue.
> 
> 
> Even though you can use them as variables (and shadow the builtins), you
> will still get warnings from "pychecker". The code will also be harder to
> read: When you see "all" in the middle of some code, you don't know if
> it's referring to the builtin or a variable.
> 
> Personally, I think Python has too many builtins already.
> 
> 
> /Peter Åstrand <astrand at lysator.liu.se>
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