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Does `Any` not work for any generic? I have code that's
`Expected : <http://Request.POST|Request.POST>&lt;Any, O&gt;`
`Actual: <http://Request.POST|Request.POST>&lt;I, O&gt;`
and that's causing me some issues

I believe you wan to use `T` instead. I'll check into that.

The letters shouldn't matter for generics? I have a half dozen different ones

You're right. Letters don't matter. I misunderstood your issue.

I believe the problem is that `Any` allows for more than one type where a generic of type `T` or `I` or whatever you choose constrains it to any *one* type.

Isn't `Any` the equivilent to Java's `Object` Where everything extends it?

So generic `I` should be a subclass of it

Even explicitly putting `I : Any` it's failing

Well that I think is the issue. `I != Any` because an array of type `I` would be an array of one type explicitly. i.e. `arrayOf&lt;String&gt;("a","b","c")` where `Any` could be `arrayOf&lt;Any&gt;(1, "Blue", SomeObject, ...)`

That would still compile though. `I` is a subclass of `Any` so it should work

You're passing `I` into an `Any` parameter not `Any` to an `I` parameter

Does it give you any specific error response?

Can you post the call you're making that causes the error? I think you do need to cast it `as Any` but your comment `: Any` is making me wonder what's going on.

I would imagine you would have something like:
```
val genericVal = getGeneric()
val data = getData()
<http://Request.Post|Request.Post>&lt;genericVal as Any, data&gt;()

```

and not `<http://Request.Post|Request.Post>&lt;genericVal : Any, data&gt;()`

I think `Any` in your case is the type parameter, equivalent to `T` or anything you want to call it. Can you post the method signature of `POST

Any isn’t a generic , its a Type. so it would &lt;T:  Any&gt;

Your probably thinking of Star Projection in kotlin

<http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/generics.html#star-projections>