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# Use Any

#### Sourcery refactoring id: `use-any`

#### Description:

Use `any` rather than a `for` loop

#### Before:

```python
found = False
for hat in hats:
    if hat == SOMBRERO:
        found = True
        break
```

#### After:

```python
found = any(hat == SOMBRERO for hat in hats)
```

#### Explanation:

A common pattern is that we need to find if some condition holds for one or all
of the items in a collection.

Using Python's `any()` and `all()` built in functions is a more concise way of
doing this than using a `for` loop.

`any()` will return `True` when at least one of the elements evaluates to
`True`, `all()` will return `True` only when all the elements evaluate to
`True`.

These will also short-circuit execution where possible. If the call to `any()`
finds an element that evalutes to `True` it can return immediately. This can
lead to performance improvements if the code wasn't already short-circuiting.