[Python] How can the number of values in a tuple type hint be parameterized?

Take the following code snippet (written for no purpose other than to show the type hint):

import numpy as np

def func() -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
arr1 = np.empty(shape=(5,))
arr2 = np.ones(shape=(5,))
arr3 = np.zeros(shape=(5,))
return arr1, arr2, arr3


As the number of return values grow, it becomes tedious to write out each "np.ndarray" by hand. Is there a way to type hint the number of np.ndarrays without typing them out individually? Something like this (nonfunctional) code:

import numpy as np

def func() -> tuple[*([np.ndarray]*3)]:
arr1 = np.empty(shape=(5,))
arr2 = np.ones(shape=(5,))
arr3 = np.zeros(shape=(5,))
return arr1, arr2, arr3


Something like this (nonfunctional) code:

import numpy as np

def func() -> tuple[*([np.ndarray]*3)]:
arr1 = np.empty(shape=(5,))
arr2 = np.ones(shape=(5,))
arr3 = np.zeros(shape=(5,))
return arr1, arr2, arr3

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