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r71540 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-12 22:30:53 +0200 (So, 12 Apr 2009) | 1 line
#5719: add short usage example to optparse docstring.
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r71544 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-13 01:19:56 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line
fix extra parenthesis #5774
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r71546 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-13 01:44:15 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line
fix missing quote
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r71563 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-13 14:36:18 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line
Simplify markup.
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r71572 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-13 15:13:25 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line
#5745: more linking for identifiers in email docs.
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r71607 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-14 23:23:09 +0200 (Di, 14 Apr 2009) | 1 line
tupel -> tuple
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r71653 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-04-16 20:16:10 +0200 (Do, 16 Apr 2009) | 1 line
Clarify the behavior of any() and all() with an empty iterable.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 499be9d..70db1d8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
.. function:: all(iterable)
- Return True if all elements of the *iterable* are true. Equivalent to::
+ Return True if all elements of the *iterable* are true (or if the iterable
+ is empty). Equivalent to::
def all(iterable):
for element in iterable:
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
.. function:: any(iterable)
- Return True if any element of the *iterable* is true. Equivalent to::
+ Return True if any element of the *iterable* is true. If the iterable
+ is empty, return False. Equivalent to::
def any(iterable):
for element in iterable: