24 

    25 

    26 # http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#any

    27 try:

    28     any = any

    29 except NameError:

    30     def any(iterable):

    31         """Return True if any element of the *iterable* is true.  If the

    32         iterable is empty, return False.

    33 

    34         """

    35         for element in iterable:

    36             if element:

    37                 return True

    38         return False