Use ALWAYS_EQ instead of ANY

Lib/test/test_functools.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import contextlib
 from inspect import Signature
 
+from test.support import ALWAYS_EQ
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import threading_helper
 
@@ -235,10 +236,10 @@ def test_placeholders(self):
         self.assertEqual(actual_kwds, {})
         # Checks via `is` and not `eq`
         # thus unittest.mock.ANY isn't treated as Placeholder
-        p = self.partial(capture, unittest.mock.ANY)
+        p = self.partial(capture, ALWAYS_EQ)
         actual_args, actual_kwds = p()
         self.assertEqual(len(actual_args), 1)
-        self.assertIs(actual_args[0], unittest.mock.ANY)
+        self.assertIs(actual_args[0], ALWAYS_EQ)
         self.assertEqual(actual_kwds, {})
 
     def test_placeholders_optimization(self):
@@ -261,10 +262,11 @@ def test_placeholders_kw_restriction(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, "Placeholder"):
             self.partial(capture, a=PH)
         # Passes, as checks via `is` and not `eq`
-        p = self.partial(capture, a=unittest.mock.ANY)
+        p = self.partial(capture, a=ALWAYS_EQ)
         actual_args, actual_kwds = p()
         self.assertEqual(actual_args, ())
-        self.assertEqual(actual_kwds, {'a': unittest.mock.ANY})
+        self.assertEqual(len(actual_kwds), 1)
+        self.assertIs(actual_kwds['a'], ALWAYS_EQ)
 
     def test_construct_placeholder_singleton(self):
         PH = self.module.Placeholder