Py2.5 is already going to include any() and all() as builtins. The
signature does not include a function, identity or otherwise.
Instead, the caller can
write a listcomp or genexp that evaluates to True or False:
any(x = 42 for x in data)
[Roose]
Oh great, I just saw that.
. .
[Roose]
Actually I was just looking at Python 2.5 docs since you mentioned this.
http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/whatsnew/node3.html
It says min() and max() will gain a key function parameter, and sort()
gained one in Python 2.4 (news to me).
It also appears in itertools.groupby() and,
Ah OK, I stand corrected. Whoops. I just read the web page and thought the
wrong thing, that makes sense.
Think about it. A key= function is quite a different thing. It provides
a
*temporary* comparison key while retaining the original value. IOW, your
re-write is incorrect:
L =
