refactor: improve type specificity

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/meta-data-props/docs/types/index.d.ts

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ interface Meta {
 * // Set the properties:
 * setProps( meta, dtypes, obj );
 */
-declare function setProps( meta: Meta, dtypes: ArrayLike<any>, obj: any ): any;
+declare function setProps<T>( meta: Meta, dtypes: ArrayLike<any>, obj: T ): T;
 
 
 // EXPORTS //

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/meta-data-props/docs/types/test.ts

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import setProps = require( './index' );
 	};
 	const dtypes = [ 'float64', 'float64' ];
 
-	setProps( meta, dtypes, {} ); // $ExpectType any
-	setProps( meta, dtypes, {} ); // $ExpectType any
+	setProps( meta, dtypes, {} ); // $ExpectType {}
+	setProps( meta, dtypes, {} ); // $ExpectType {}
 }
 
 // The compiler throws an error if not provided a first argument which is a meta data object...