[Python] How to infer return type of function by passed type[T] [closed]

If I have an example function like this:

def foo[T: int | str](typ: type[T]) -> T:
...


and I call it like this:

foo(int) # return type is therefore -> int


My type checker (Pylance) can't infer that the return type of this function is int. From what I have read I'm pretty sure this is intentional, but I'm wondering if there is a workaround.

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