Deprecate any

changelog.md

@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ with other backends. see #9125. Use `-d:nimLegacyJsRound` for previous behavior.
 
 - Removed the optional `longestMatch` parameter of the `critbits._WithPrefix` iterators (it never worked reliably)
 
+- Deprecated `any`. See https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/281
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 ## Language changes
 
 - `nimscript` now handles `except Exception as e`.

lib/system.nim

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type
 
   void* {.magic: "VoidType".}    ## Meta type to denote the absence of any type.
   auto* {.magic: Expr.}          ## Meta type for automatic type determination.
-  any* = distinct auto           ## Meta type for any supported type.
+  any* {.deprecated: "Deprecated since v1.5; Use auto instead.".} = distinct auto  ## Deprecated; Use `auto` instead. See https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/281
   untyped* {.magic: Expr.}       ## Meta type to denote an expression that
                                  ## is not resolved (for templates).
   typed* {.magic: Stmt.}         ## Meta type to denote an expression that