Those are completely different. any - https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#any https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#any - Return True i

Those are completely different. any - https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#any https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#any - Return True if any element of the iterable is true. Any - A special kind of type is Any. A static type checker will treat every type as being compatible with Any and Any as being compatible with every type. error: Function "builtins.any" is not valid as a type [valid-type] note: Perhaps you meant "typing.Any" instead of "any"?