any
typeThe any
type is a type used internally by Bro to bypass strong
typing. For example, the function takes arguments
of type any
, because its arguments can be of different types,
and of variable length. However, the any
type is not supported
for use by the user; while Bro lets you declare variables of type any
,
it does not allow assignment to them.
This may change in the future. Note, though, that you can achieve
some of the same effect using record
values with &optional
fields.