any() function in Python with a callback

Question

The Python standard library defines an any() function that

Return True if any element of the iterable is true. If the iterable is empty, return False.

Answer 1

If you really want to inline a lambda in any() you can do this:

>>> any((lambda: isinstance(e, int))() for e in [1,2,'joe'])
True
>>> any((lambda: isinstance(e, int))() for e in ['joe'])
False

You just have to wrap up the unnamed lambda and ensure it is invoked on each pass by appending the ()

The advantage here is that you still get to take advantage of short circuiting the evaluation of any when you hit the first int