This _is_ how strict types work. Problems creep in when people introduce lax types into the strict type system.
dict[str, Any] is a type, and sometimes it is the right type to specify, but most of the time it's used by someone who wants to shut up the type checker rather than think about the right type.
dict[str, Any] is a type, and sometimes it is the right type to specify, but most of the time it's used by someone who wants to shut up the type checker rather than think about the right type.