Can this be written more concisely in a functional style

[Alexander Schmolck]

Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> writes:

> > def all(p, seq):
> >     """Returns true if all elements in seq satisfy predicate p."""
> >     for elt in itertools.ifilterfalse(p, seq):
> >         return False
> >      return True
> >
>         I'd be wasting a local with
> 
> def any(p, seq):
>         """ibid"""
>         a = False
>         for elt in itertools.ifilter(p, seq):
>                 a = True
                  break
>         return a

You're not just wasting a local.

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