[Python-projects] Pylint: W0212 (access to protected member) false negative

[Sylvain Thénault]

Le Wednesday 21 January 2009 19:42:31 Paul `Satoshi' Hachmann, vous avez 
écrit :
> In the following code, the '_secret' protected member of SomeClass
> is accessed twice; once to set it and another to print it:
>
> --------------
> class SomeClass(object):
>     def __init__(self):
>         self._secret = 3
>
>
> obj = SomeClass()
> obj._secret = 1                      # Doesn't catch this!
> print "I am accessing", obj._secret  # Produces W0212, as expected
> --------------
>
> However, the assignment statement by itself doesn't generate a W0212.

well, strictly speaking an assignement is an assigment, not an access :p 
Though I agree we could wish to have W0212 emited in such cases. I've added a 
ticket for this: http://www.logilab.org/ticket/7394

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