[Python] Difference between TypeVar('T') and Any

Assuming I have some generic function:

def foo(*args):
for arg in args:
print(arg)


If I wanted to type hint *args, according to the PEP I only need to specify the type one arg.

What if the arguments can be of any type? What is the difference between:

T = typing.TypeVar('T')

def foo(*args: T):
...


and

def foo(*args: Any):
...


To my knowledge, TypeVar('T') equates to "any type", but does that apply when variable args are of multiple types?

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