any() — Expert Examples

Returns True if at least one element in an iterable is truthy

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any() performance and internals

Performance characteristics and CPython implementation details.

python
# any() internals
import dis

def using_any():
    pass

# Bytecode analysis
dis.dis(using_any)

# Check if it's truly built-in
import builtins
print(f"\nany is builtin: {hasattr(builtins, 'any')}")
print(f"Type: {type(builtins.any)}")

Understanding the internal implementation helps optimize hot paths in performance-critical code.

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