diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ pypats = [
     (r'[\x80-\xff]', "non-ASCII character literal"),
     (r'("\')\.format\(', "str.format() not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'^\s*with\s+', "with not available in Python 2.4"),
+    (r'^\s*(any|all)\(', "any/all not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'if\s.*\selse', "if ... else form not available in Python 2.4"),
     (r'([\(\[]\s\S)|(\S\s[\)\]])', "gratuitous whitespace in () or []"),
 #    (r'\s\s=', "gratuitous whitespace before ="),