def should_shard_by_property_range(filters):
 if (not filters):
  return False
 for f in filters:
  if (f[1] != '='):
   return True
 return False

def should_shard_by_property_range ( filters ) : if ( not filters ) : return False for f in filters : if ( f [ 1 ] != '=' ) : return True return False
returns whether these filters suggests sharding by property range .