Hi,
I find very useful in python the ability to use a list or number x like
a boolean :
if x :
do something
So I don't understand why was introduced the any( ) function defined as :
def any(iterable):
for element in iterable:
if element:
return True
return False
instead of a function firsttrue( ) that could have been defined as :
def firsttrue(iterable):
for element in iterable:
if element:
return element
return None
This function "firsttrue( )" could probably be used anywhere "any( )" is
used, but with the ability to retrieve the first element where
bool(element) is True, which may be sometimes usefull.
I suppose that there is a reason for that, does anybody know it ?
Daniel
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