[Python-ideas] Adding an optional function argument to all() and any() builtins

[Ben Finney]

Masklinn <masklinn at masklinn.net> writes:

> On 2010-11-21, at 21:11 , MRAB wrote:
> > if any(mytestfunction(i) for i in mylist):
> >    foo()
>
> is not an improvement over `if any(map(mytestfunction, mylist))` or
> `if any(imap(mytestfunction, mylist))`

It is definitely an improvement by the criterion the OP mentioned, which
was:

Andy Buckley <andy at insectnation.org> writes:

> I either have to explicitly re-code a slightly modified version of the
> builtin, or wastefully use map() to apply my test to *all* the items
> in the list.

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