Checking the boolean value of a collection

[Diez B. Roggisch]

>> if any(instance.forbitToClose(archivefolder) for instance in
>> self.findActiveOutgoingRegistrationInstances())
> 
> Can you clarify where I can find "any"? It seems to me I'm unable to find it...

It's part of python2.5.

If you don't have that, you can write it your own and stuff it into 
__builtins__:

 >>> def any(iterable):
...     for item in iterable:
...         if item:
...              return True
...     return False
...
... __builtins__.any = any


You might also want to add all, the companion of any:


 >>> def all(iterable):
...     for item in iterable:
...         if not item:
...              return False
...     return True
...

Diez