Mention in the Any documentation how object is preferable

wyattscarpenter · wyattscarpenter · commit 306145611d78 · 2025-05-17T10:11:05.000-07:00
This implements a suggestion in #9153 (comment), which I thought was a good idea.
diff --git a/docs/source/dynamic_typing.rst b/docs/source/dynamic_typing.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .. _dynamic-typing:
 
-
 Dynamically typed code
 ======================
 
@@ -94,6 +93,8 @@ third party libraries that mypy does not know about. This is particularly the ca
 when using the :option:`--ignore-missing-imports <mypy --ignore-missing-imports>`
 flag. See :ref:`fix-missing-imports` for more information about this.
 
+.. _any-vs-object:
+
 Any vs. object
 --------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/kinds_of_types.rst b/docs/source/kinds_of_types.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ A value with the ``Any`` type is dynamically typed. Mypy doesn't know
 anything about the possible runtime types of such value. Any
 operations are permitted on the value, and the operations are only checked
 at runtime. You can use ``Any`` as an "escape hatch" when you can't use
-a more precise type for some reason.
+a more precise type for some reason. This should not be confused with the
+:py:class:`object` type, which also represents any value, but in a type-safe
+way; it's almost always preferable to use ``object`` instead of ``Any``, if
+you can do so without great difficulty — see :ref:`any-vs-object` for more.
 
 ``Any`` is compatible with every other type, and vice versa. You can freely
 assign a value of type ``Any`` to a variable with a more precise type:
