From 827a5fb1d9d8e7a189c0a33d3a84d5f6803e6b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vincenttran-msft <101599632+vincenttran-msft@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:51:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Change back from str to T to appease MyPy, will always
 resolve correctly (#36445)

---
 sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_download.py  | 2 +-
 .../azure/storage/blob/aio/_download_async.py                   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_download.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_download.py
index 0519e3325e5d..05b949653914 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_download.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/_download.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ def read(self, size: int = -1) -> T:
         ...
 
     @overload
-    def read(self, *, chars: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+    def read(self, *, chars: Optional[int] = None) -> T:
         ...
 
     # pylint: disable-next=too-many-statements,too-many-branches
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/aio/_download_async.py b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/aio/_download_async.py
index 6b3b0e49c4a6..6e65a8da8768 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/aio/_download_async.py
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/aio/_download_async.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ def read(self, size: int = -1) -> T:
         ...
 
     @overload
-    def read(self, *, chars: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+    def read(self, *, chars: Optional[int] = None) -> T:
         ...
 
     # pylint: disable-next=too-many-statements,too-many-branches