anything 0.1.0

A Python constant that considers itself equal to everything else. Useful for unit testing and more.

>>> Anything == 42
True
>>> 'hello' == Anything
True

You can use it to check that specific values in a data structure have a value, but it doesn’t matter what they are, for example in a unit test:

>>> [1, 2, 3] == [1, Anything, 3]
True
>>> {'x': 10, 'y': -3} == {'x': 10, 'y': Anything}
True
>>> {'x': 10} == {'x': 10, 'y': Anything}
False

Inequality behaves consistently with equality:

>>> 'hello' != Anything
False

Even None is considered equal to Anything:

>>> Anything == None
True

And of course:

>>> Anything == Anything
True

import unittest

class MyTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_create_user(self):
        data = create_user(name='Mary')
        self.assertEqual({
            'name': 'Mary',
            'id': Anything
        }, data)