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

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