Use typing.Any for ca transport utils

Author: James Souter

src/fastcs/transport/epics/ca/util.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import asdict
+from typing import Any
 
 from softioc import builder
 
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@
 
 def record_metadata_from_attribute(
     attribute: Attribute[T],
-) -> dict[str, str | object | None]:
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Converts attributes on the `Attribute` to the
     field name/value in the record metadata."""
-    metadata: dict[str, str | object | None] = {"DESC": attribute.description}
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = {"DESC": attribute.description}
     initial = None
     match attribute:
         case AttrR():
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ def cast_from_epics_type(datatype: DataType[T], value: object) -> T:
             raise ValueError(f"Unsupported datatype {datatype}")
 
 
-def cast_to_epics_type(datatype: DataType[T], value: T) -> object:
+def cast_to_epics_type(datatype: DataType[T], value: T) -> Any:
     """Casts from an attribute's datatype to an EPICS datatype."""
     match datatype:
         case Enum():