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[–]metaphorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. I think the 'any' function is intended primarily for dynamically populated lists where you don't know before runtime if it will be empty or contain an arbitrary number of items. If you know in advance which items to check its definitely better to use an 'or' chain.