--- a/mercurial/state.py	Wed Dec 20 20:13:22 2023 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/state.py	Tue Dec 19 21:29:34 2023 +0100
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
         self._repo = repo
         self.fname = fname
 
-    def read(self):
-        # type: () -> Dict[bytes, Any]
+    def read(self) -> Dict[bytes, Any]:
         """read the existing state file and return a dict of data stored"""
         return self._read()