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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion docs/source/dynamic_typing.rst
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.. _dynamic-typing:


Dynamically typed code
======================

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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
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at runtime. You can use ``Any`` as an "escape hatch" when you can't use
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:

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