First note that in the old code, the entire list is evaluated before the any() is called. Changing this code solves two issues. 1) if there is an error in one of these conditions, then the entire function won't error out immediately but may hit a True condition and exit early. 2) Most of these conditions are inexpensive lookups, but some, like 'any_raspberry_pi' perform lots of logic including an IO lookup

Author: CamDavidsonPilon

adafruit_platformdetect/board.py

@@ -618,32 +618,32 @@ def any_maaxboard(self):
     @property
     def any_embedded_linux(self):
         """Check whether the current board is any embedded Linux device."""
-        return any(
-            [
-                self.any_raspberry_pi_40_pin,
-                self.any_raspberry_pi,
-                self.any_beaglebone,
-                self.any_orange_pi,
-                self.any_nanopi,
-                self.any_giant_board,
-                self.any_jetson_board,
-                self.any_coral_board,
-                self.any_odroid_40_pin,
-                self.any_96boards,
-                self.any_sifive_board,
-                self.any_onion_omega_board,
-                self.any_pine64_board,
-                self.any_pynq_board,
-                self.any_rock_pi_board,
-                self.any_clockwork_pi_board,
-                self.any_udoo_board,
-                self.any_asus_tinker_board,
-                self.any_stm32mp1,
-                self.any_lubancat,
-                self.any_bananapi,
-                self.any_maaxboard,
-            ]
-        )
+
+        def lazily_generate_conditions():
+            yield self.any_raspberry_pi_40_pi
+            yield self.any_raspberry_pi
+            yield self.any_beaglebone
+            yield self.any_orange_pi
+            yield self.any_nanopi
+            yield self.any_giant_board
+            yield self.any_jetson_board
+            yield self.any_coral_board
+            yield self.any_odroid_40_pin
+            yield self.any_96boards
+            yield self.any_sifive_board
+            yield self.any_onion_omega_board
+            yield self.any_pine64_board
+            yield self.any_pynq_board
+            yield self.any_rock_pi_board
+            yield self.any_clockwork_pi_board
+            yield self.any_udoo_board
+            yield self.any_asus_tinker_board
+            yield self.any_stm32mp1
+            yield self.any_lubancat
+            yield self.any_bananapi
+            yield self.any_maaxboard
+
+        return any(condition for condition in lazily_generate_conditions())
 
     @property
     def ftdi_ft232h(self):