Re: How to mapcar or across a list?

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> so here's my problem: I have a list of Boolean values, and I want to
> `mapcar' an `or' across it (IOW, I want to test whether at least one of
> them is true).  Of course, (apply #'or my-list) does not work.  Of
> course, I can (cl-reduce (lambda (x y) (or x y)) my-list) -- but is
> there a better method?
>
> BTW, my-list doesn't really exist: it is a result of `mapcar'ing
> a function taking some value and yielding a Boolean value, so bonus
> points if the method does not process the whole list.

Does cl-some and cl-every fit the bill?

Rasmus

-- 
Vote for Dick Taid in an election near you!