Checking the boolean value of a collection

bearophileHUGS at lycos.com bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
Fri Sep 12 12:05:33 EDT 2008


Marco Bizzarri:
> >>> any([x for x in [1, 2, 3]])
>
> I mean, I'm afraid I can't use an expression like that without
> building a list... not at least in python2.3

Note that you don't need a list comp there:

>>> any([x for x in [1, 2, 3]])
True
>>> any([1, 2, 3])
True

so this may suffice:

any(self.findActiveOutgoingRegistrationInstancesPlusSomeOtherThings())

Bye,
bearophile



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