Checking the boolean value of a collection

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Fri Sep 12 10:09:02 EDT 2008


Marco Bizzarri schrieb:
> Hi all.
> 
> In many parts of my code I've the following schema of code:
> 
>     def isInUseByOutgoingRegistrations(self, archivefolder):
>         for instance in self.findActiveOutgoingRegistrationInstances():
>             if instance.forbidToClose(archivefolder):
>                 return True
>         return False
> 
> Before devising my own solution for this kind of problem, I wonder if
> there is a common solution for the problem. I'm looking for a
> python2.3 solution.

if any(instance.forbitToClose(archivefolder) for instance in 
self.findActiveOutgoingRegistrationInstances())

You should also consider using PEP8 style naming.


Diez



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