Argument Clinic: fix bare "type" in annotations (#112915)

Bare "type" in annotations should be equivalent to "type[Any]"; see
https://discuss.python.org/t/inconsistencies-between-type-and-type/37404
and python/mypy#16366. It's better to use "type[object]", which is
safer and unambiguous.

diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index 6c76f66a81abd42a5c09e0f65b0e1e5e46e2ef58..816ce0e6efed6106377642291bf127d70a40d275 100755 (executable)
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ def add_legacy_c_converter(
 
 class CConverterAutoRegister(type):
     def __init__(
-        cls, name: str, bases: tuple[type, ...], classdict: dict[str, Any]
+        cls, name: str, bases: tuple[type[object], ...], classdict: dict[str, Any]
     ) -> None:
         converter_cls = cast(type["CConverter"], cls)
         add_c_converter(converter_cls)
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@ class CConverter(metaclass=CConverterAutoRegister):
 
     # If not None, default must be isinstance() of this type.
     # (You can also specify a tuple of types.)
-    default_type: bltns.type[Any] | tuple[bltns.type[Any], ...] | None = None
+    default_type: bltns.type[object] | tuple[bltns.type[object], ...] | None = None
 
     # "default" converted into a C value, as a string.
     # Or None if there is no default.
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ legacy_converters: ConverterDict = {}
 ReturnConverterDict = dict[str, ReturnConverterType]
 return_converters: ReturnConverterDict = {}
 
-TypeSet = set[bltns.type[Any]]
+TypeSet = set[bltns.type[object]]
 
 
 class bool_converter(CConverter):
@@ -4347,7 +4347,7 @@ class buffer: pass
 class rwbuffer: pass
 class robuffer: pass
 
-StrConverterKeyType = tuple[frozenset[type], bool, bool]
+StrConverterKeyType = tuple[frozenset[type[object]], bool, bool]
 
 def str_converter_key(
     types: TypeSet, encoding: bool | str | None, zeroes: bool
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ class CReturnConverterAutoRegister(type):
     def __init__(
             cls: ReturnConverterType,
             name: str,
-            bases: tuple[type, ...],
+            bases: tuple[type[object], ...],
             classdict: dict[str, Any]
     ) -> None:
         add_c_return_converter(cls)