[Python-Dev] Adding any() and all()

[Samuele Pedroni]

Peter Astrand wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Paul Moore wrote:
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>>>Not sure this is pertinent but anyway: "any" and "all" are often used
>>>as variable names. "all" especially often and then almost always as a
>>>list of something. It would not be good to add "all" to the list of
>>>words to watch out for. Also, "all" is usually thought of as a list of
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>>Using "any" and "all" as variables hides the builtins, but doesn't
>>disallow their use elsewhere. Personally, though, I wouldn't use "any"
>>or "all" as variable names, so that's a style issue.
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>Even though you can use them as variables (and shadow the builtins), you
>will still get warnings from "pychecker". The code will also be harder to
>read: When you see "all" in the middle of some code, you don't know if
>it's referring to the builtin or a variable.
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>Personally, I think Python has too many builtins already.
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to extend the naming pool, FWIW CL calls similar things EVERY and SOME.