From bea33b792467575889d0b92e87ea1f0e6255d47e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Magin <keewis@posteo.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:37:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try using an annotated variable

---
 virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
index 552bb67b..1604312d 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
@@ -144,8 +144,11 @@ def __init__(self, entries: dict) -> None:
     @classmethod
     def empty(cls) -> "ChunkManifest":
         """Create an empty chunk manifest."""
+        paths: np.ndarray[Any, np.dtypes.StringDType] = np.array(
+            (), dtype=np.dtypes.StringDType
+        )
         return cls.from_arrays(
-            paths=np.array((), dtype=np.dtypes.StringDType),
+            paths=paths,
             offsets=np.array((), dtype="uint64"),
             lengths=np.array((), dtype="uint64"),
         )