From 1a810033bb65790af48ebdd2f1f8944d28400fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:29:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add type annotation for VCRuntimeRedist and update the
 docstring to reflect the behavior.

---
 setuptools/msvc.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setuptools/msvc.py b/setuptools/msvc.py
index b9fdf6836b..a7fb8d30b6 100644
--- a/setuptools/msvc.py
+++ b/setuptools/msvc.py
@@ -1375,14 +1375,11 @@ def FSharp(self):
         return [self.si.FSharpInstallDir]
 
     @property
-    def VCRuntimeRedist(self):
+    def VCRuntimeRedist(self) -> str | None:
         """
         Microsoft Visual C++ runtime redistributable dll.
 
-        Return
-        ------
-        str
-            path
+        Returns the first suitable path found or None.
         """
         vcruntime = 'vcruntime%d0.dll' % self.vc_ver
         arch_subdir = self.pi.target_dir(x64=True).strip('\\')