[Python-Dev] Any reason that any()/all() do not take a predicateargument?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Brian Quinlan wrote:
>>> if any(seq, lambda x: x==5):
>> 	if any(x==5 for x in seq):
> 
> Aren't all of these equivalent to:
> 
> if 5 in seq:
>      ...

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

Regards,
Martin