On 2017-12-22 21:02, Mike Miller wrote:
>> On 2017-12-22 12:15, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Would it be crazy to bring typing.Any into the builtin namespace?
>>>> @dataclass:
>> a: Any
>> b: Any = 34
>> c: int = 0
>>>> That reads pretty well to me....
> > And having Any available in the built in namespace may help in other cases where
>> There is already an "any" function in the builtins. It looks fine but not sure
> how it will interact with type checkers.
>> The "dataclass.Data" idea mentioned in a sibling thread is good alternative,
> though just wordy enough to make ... a shortcut.
>The function is "any", the type is "Any", and "any" != "Any", although I
wonder how many people will be caught out by that...
