debt - reduce some explicit any use (microsoft#251182)

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Author: bpasero

src/vs/base/browser/markdownRenderer.ts

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function activateLink(markdown: IMarkdownString, options: MarkdownRenderOptions,
 }
 
 function uriMassage(markdown: IMarkdownString, part: string): string {
-	let data: any;
+	let data: unknown;
 	try {
 		data = parse(decodeURIComponent(part));
 	} catch (e) {

src/vs/base/browser/ui/breadcrumbs/breadcrumbsWidget.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface IBreadcrumbsItemEvent {
 	type: 'select' | 'focus';
 	item: BreadcrumbsItem;
 	node: HTMLElement;
-	payload: any;
+	payload: unknown;
 }
 
 export class BreadcrumbsWidget {

src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/grid.ts

@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ export interface IViewDeserializer<T extends ISerializableView> {
 
 export interface ISerializedLeafNode {
 	type: 'leaf';
-	data: any;
+	data: unknown;
 	size: number;
 	visible?: boolean;
 	maximized?: boolean;

src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export interface IViewDeserializer<T extends ISerializableView> {
 
 export interface ISerializedLeafNode {
 	type: 'leaf';
-	data: any;
+	data: unknown;
 	size: number;
 	visible?: boolean;
 	maximized?: boolean;

src/vs/base/common/async.ts

@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ export class DeferredPromise<T> {
 
 	private completeCallback!: ValueCallback<T>;
 	private errorCallback!: (err: unknown) => void;
-	private outcome?: { outcome: DeferredOutcome.Rejected; value: any } | { outcome: DeferredOutcome.Resolved; value: T };
+	private outcome?: { outcome: DeferredOutcome.Rejected; value: unknown } | { outcome: DeferredOutcome.Resolved; value: T };
 
 	public get isRejected() {
 		return this.outcome?.outcome === DeferredOutcome.Rejected;

src/vs/base/common/dataTransfer.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface IDataTransferItem {
 	id?: string;
 	asString(): Thenable<string>;
 	asFile(): IDataTransferFile | undefined;
-	value: any;
+	value: unknown;
 }
 
 export function createStringDataTransferItem(stringOrPromise: string | Promise<string>, id?: string): IDataTransferItem {

src/vs/base/common/jsonEdit.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function removeProperty(text: string, path: JSONPath, formattingOptions:
 	return setProperty(text, path, undefined, formattingOptions);
 }
 
-export function setProperty(text: string, originalPath: JSONPath, value: any, formattingOptions: FormattingOptions, getInsertionIndex?: (properties: string[]) => number): Edit[] {
+export function setProperty(text: string, originalPath: JSONPath, value: unknown, formattingOptions: FormattingOptions, getInsertionIndex?: (properties: string[]) => number): Edit[] {
 	const path = originalPath.slice();
 	const errors: ParseError[] = [];
 	const root = parseTree(text, errors);

src/vs/base/common/observableInternal/experimental/utils.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function latestChangedValue<T extends IObservable<any>[]>(owner: DebugOwn
 	}
 
 	let hasLastChangedValue = false;
-	let lastChangedValue: any = undefined;
+	let lastChangedValue: unknown = undefined;
 
 	const result = observableFromEvent<any, void>(owner, cb => {
 		const store = new DisposableStore();

src/vs/base/common/product.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface IBuiltInExtension {
 	readonly name: string;
 	readonly version: string;
 	readonly repo: string;
-	readonly metadata: any;
+	readonly metadata: unknown;
 }
 
 export interface IProductWalkthrough {

src/vs/base/common/worker/webWorkerBootstrap.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { IWebWorkerServerRequestHandler, IWebWorkerServerRequestHandlerFactory, WebWorkerServer } from './webWorker.js';
 
 type MessageEvent = {
-	data: any;
+	data: unknown;
 };
 
 declare const globalThis: {