More precise typing for Configuration type when Any is used

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py b/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
index f861d4640..12798a356 100644
--- a/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
+++ b/pylint/testutils/configuration_test.py
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 from pylint.lint import Run
 
 USER_SPECIFIC_PATH = str(Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent)
+# We use Any in this typing because the configuration contain real object
+# that could be a lot of things.
+ConfigurationValue = Any
+PylintConfiguration = Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]
 
 
-def get_expected_or_default(pyproject_toml_path: str, suffix: str, default: Any) -> str:
+def get_expected_or_default(
+    pyproject_toml_path: str, suffix: str, default: ConfigurationValue
+) -> str:
     def get_path_according_to_suffix() -> Path:
         path = Path(pyproject_toml_path)
         return path.parent / f"{path.stem}.{suffix}"
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ EXPECTED_CONF_SPECIAL_KEYS = [EXPECTED_CONF_APPEND_KEY, EXPECTED_CONF_REMOVE_KEY
 
 
 def get_expected_configuration(
-    configuration_path: str, default_configuration: Dict[str, Any]
+    configuration_path: str, default_configuration: PylintConfiguration
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get the expected parsed configuration of a configuration functional test"""
     result = copy.deepcopy(default_configuration)
diff --git a/tests/config/test_functional_config_loading.py b/tests/config/test_functional_config_loading.py
index 28b4a6094..6727bdb8f 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_functional_config_loading.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_functional_config_loading.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ and ``"functional_remove":``. Check the existing code for examples.
 # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest.capture import CaptureFixture
 from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureFixture
 
 from pylint.testutils.configuration_test import (
+    PylintConfiguration,
     get_expected_configuration,
     get_expected_output,
     run_using_a_configuration_file,
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ CONFIGURATION_PATHS = [
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def default_configuration(tmp_path: Path, file_to_lint_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def default_configuration(
+    tmp_path: Path, file_to_lint_path: str
+) -> PylintConfiguration:
     empty_pylintrc = tmp_path / "pylintrc"
     empty_pylintrc.write_text("")
     mock_exit, _, runner = run_using_a_configuration_file(
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def default_configuration(tmp_path: Path, file_to_lint_path: str) -> Dict[str, A
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("configuration_path", CONFIGURATION_PATHS)
 def test_functional_config_loading(
     configuration_path: str,
-    default_configuration: Dict[str, Any],
+    default_configuration: PylintConfiguration,
     file_to_lint_path: str,
     capsys: CaptureFixture,
     caplog: LogCaptureFixture,