> So usually I just write a little function any( L, boolean_function = > identity ) or all( ... ). But I am kind of sick of doing that all the > time -- does it exist anywhere in the Python libraries? It seems really > common to me.
Put things into your own module and add it to your python path. Then you only have to write it once. > The first way isn't satisfactory because it takes so many lines for what > is > essentially one "primitive" operation. The second way isn't great because > it is not as readable and many readers don't like to see reduce, even if > it > is a common idiom like that. Also I don't believe it short circuits. It doesn't but so doesn't your loop example. Put a break in there once Result is False. -- Regards, Diez B. Roggisch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
