WIP removed Unknown as a parent node

astroid/bases.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 """This module contains base classes and functions for the nodes and some
 inference utils.
 """
+# isort: off
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import collections
@@ -273,27 +275,26 @@ def igetattr(
         try:
             context.lookupname = name
             # XXX frame should be self._proxied, or not ?
-            get_attr = self.getattr(name, context, lookupclass=False)
-            yield from _infer_stmts(
-                self._wrap_attr(get_attr, context), context, frame=self
-            )
+            attrs = self.getattr(name, context, lookupclass=False)
+            iattrs = self._proxied._infer_attrs(attrs, context, class_context=False)
+            yield from self._wrap_attr(iattrs)
         except AttributeInferenceError:
             try:
                 # fallback to class.igetattr since it has some logic to handle
                 # descriptors
                 # But only if the _proxied is the Class.
                 if self._proxied.__class__.__name__ != "ClassDef":
                     raise
-                attrs = self._proxied.igetattr(name, context, class_context=False)
-                yield from self._wrap_attr(attrs, context)
+                iattrs = self._proxied.igetattr(name, context, class_context=False)
+                yield from self._wrap_attr(iattrs, context)
             except AttributeInferenceError as error:
                 raise InferenceError(**vars(error)) from error
 
     def _wrap_attr(
-        self, attrs: Iterable[InferenceResult], context: InferenceContext | None = None
+        self, iattrs: Iterable[InferenceResult], context: InferenceContext | None = None
     ) -> Iterator[InferenceResult]:
         """Wrap bound methods of attrs in a InstanceMethod proxies."""
-        for attr in attrs:
+        for attr in iattrs:
             if isinstance(attr, UnboundMethod):
                 if _is_property(attr):
                     yield from attr.infer_call_result(self, context)

astroid/brain/brain_argparse.py

@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ def infer_namespace(node, context: InferenceContext | None = None):
         "Namespace",
         lineno=node.lineno,
         col_offset=node.col_offset,
-        parent=nodes.Unknown(),
+        parent=AstroidManager().adhoc_module,  # this class is not real
         end_lineno=node.end_lineno,
         end_col_offset=node.end_col_offset,
     )
-    # Set parent manually until ClassDef constructor fixed:
-    # https://github.com/pylint-dev/astroid/issues/1490
-    class_node.parent = node.parent
     for attr in set(callsite.keyword_arguments):
         fake_node = nodes.EmptyNode()
         fake_node.parent = class_node

astroid/brain/brain_builtin_inference.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 )
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes import scoped_nodes
+from astroid.raw_building import build_module
 from astroid.typing import (
     ConstFactoryResult,
     InferenceResult,
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ def _extend_builtins(class_transforms):
 
 def on_bootstrap():
     """Called by astroid_bootstrapping()."""
+    AstroidManager().cache_module(build_module("__astroid_adhoc"))
+
     _extend_builtins(
         {
             "bytes": partial(_extend_string_class, code=BYTES_CLASS, rvalue="b''"),

astroid/brain/brain_namedtuple_enum.py

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ def _extract_namedtuple_arg_or_keyword(  # pylint: disable=inconsistent-return-s
 
 def infer_func_form(
     node: nodes.Call,
-    base_type: list[nodes.NodeNG],
+    base_type: nodes.NodeNG,
+    *,
+    parent: nodes.NodeNG,
     context: InferenceContext | None = None,
     enum: bool = False,
 ) -> tuple[nodes.ClassDef, str, list[str]]:
@@ -146,15 +148,11 @@ def infer_func_form(
         col_offset=node.col_offset,
         end_lineno=node.end_lineno,
         end_col_offset=node.end_col_offset,
-        parent=nodes.Unknown(),
+        parent=parent,
     )
-    # A typical ClassDef automatically adds its name to the parent scope,
-    # but doing so causes problems, so defer setting parent until after init
-    # see: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/5982
-    class_node.parent = node.parent
     class_node.postinit(
         # set base class=tuple
-        bases=base_type,
+        bases=[base_type],
         body=[],
         decorators=None,
     )
@@ -194,25 +192,18 @@ def infer_named_tuple(
     node: nodes.Call, context: InferenceContext | None = None
 ) -> Iterator[nodes.ClassDef]:
     """Specific inference function for namedtuple Call node."""
-    tuple_base_name: list[nodes.NodeNG] = [
-        nodes.Name(
-            name="tuple",
-            parent=node.root(),
-            lineno=0,
-            col_offset=0,
-            end_lineno=None,
-            end_col_offset=None,
-        )
-    ]
+    tuple_base = util.safe_infer(_extract_single_node("tuple"))
+    assert isinstance(tuple_base, nodes.NodeNG)
+
     class_node, name, attributes = infer_func_form(
-        node, tuple_base_name, context=context
+        node, tuple_base, parent=AstroidManager().adhoc_module, context=context
     )
+
     call_site = arguments.CallSite.from_call(node, context=context)
-    node = extract_node("import collections; collections.namedtuple")
-    try:
-        func = next(node.infer())
-    except StopIteration as e:
-        raise InferenceError(node=node) from e
+    func = util.safe_infer(
+        _extract_single_node("import collections; collections.namedtuple")
+    )
+    assert isinstance(func, nodes.NodeNG)
     try:
         rename = next(
             call_site.infer_argument(func, "rename", context or InferenceContext())
@@ -363,7 +354,17 @@ def value(self):
         __members__ = ['']
     """
     )
-    class_node = infer_func_form(node, [enum_meta], context=context, enum=True)[0]
+
+    # FIXME arguably, the base here shouldn't be the EnumMeta class definition
+    # itself, but a reference (Name) to it. Otherwise, the invariant that all
+    # children of a node have that node as their parent is broken.
+    class_node = infer_func_form(
+        node,
+        enum_meta,
+        parent=AstroidManager().adhoc_module,
+        context=context,
+        enum=True,
+    )[0]
     return iter([class_node.instantiate_class()])
 
 

astroid/helpers.py

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ def safe_infer(
 
 
 def _build_proxy_class(cls_name: str, builtins: nodes.Module) -> nodes.ClassDef:
-    proxy = raw_building.build_class(cls_name)
-    proxy.parent = builtins
+    proxy = raw_building.build_class(cls_name, builtins)
     return proxy
 
 

astroid/interpreter/objectmodel.py

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 mechanism.
 """
 
+# isort: off
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
 
     @property
-    def attr___annotations__(self) -> node_classes.Unkown:
+    def attr___annotations__(self) -> node_classes.Unknown:
         return node_classes.Unknown()
 
     @property

astroid/manager.py

@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ def unregister_transform(self):
     def builtins_module(self) -> nodes.Module:
         return self.astroid_cache["builtins"]
 
+    @property
+    def adhoc_module(self) -> nodes.Module:
+        return self.astroid_cache["__astroid_adhoc"]
+
     @property
     def prefer_stubs(self) -> bool:
         return AstroidManager.brain["prefer_stubs"]

astroid/nodes/scoped_nodes/scoped_nodes.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 Lambda, GeneratorExp, DictComp and SetComp to some extent).
 """
 
+# isort: skip_file
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import io
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@
     Arguments,
     Const,
     NodeNG,
-    Unknown,
     _base_nodes,
     const_factory,
     node_classes,
@@ -1166,9 +1167,11 @@ def __init__(
             end_col_offset=end_col_offset,
             parent=parent,
         )
-        if parent and not isinstance(parent, Unknown):
+        if parent:
             frame = parent.frame()
             frame.set_local(name, self)
+            if frame is parent:
+                frame._append_node(self)
 
     def postinit(
         self,
@@ -1935,7 +1938,7 @@ def __init__(
             end_col_offset=end_col_offset,
             parent=parent,
         )
-        if parent and not isinstance(parent, Unknown):
+        if parent:
             parent.frame().set_local(name, self)
 
         for local_name, node in self.implicit_locals():
@@ -2089,7 +2092,7 @@ def _infer_type_call(self, caller, context):
             col_offset=0,
             end_lineno=0,
             end_col_offset=0,
-            parent=Unknown(),
+            parent=caller.parent,
         )
 
         # Get the bases of the class.
@@ -2123,7 +2126,6 @@ def _infer_type_call(self, caller, context):
                 if isinstance(attr, node_classes.Const) and isinstance(attr.value, str):
                     result.locals[attr.value] = [value]
 
-        result.parent = caller.parent
         return result
 
     def infer_call_result(
@@ -2486,14 +2488,11 @@ def igetattr(
 
         :returns: The inferred possible values.
         """
-        from astroid import objects  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-
         # set lookup name since this is necessary to infer on import nodes for
         # instance
         context = copy_context(context)
         context.lookupname = name
 
-        metaclass = self.metaclass(context=context)
         try:
             attributes = self.getattr(name, context, class_context=class_context)
             # If we have more than one attribute, make sure that those starting from
@@ -2516,44 +2515,7 @@ def igetattr(
                     for a in attributes
                     if a not in functions or a is last_function or bases._is_property(a)
                 ]
-
-            for inferred in bases._infer_stmts(attributes, context, frame=self):
-                # yield Uninferable object instead of descriptors when necessary
-                if not isinstance(inferred, node_classes.Const) and isinstance(
-                    inferred, bases.Instance
-                ):
-                    try:
-                        inferred._proxied.getattr("__get__", context)
-                    except AttributeInferenceError:
-                        yield inferred
-                    else:
-                        yield util.Uninferable
-                elif isinstance(inferred, objects.Property):
-                    function = inferred.function
-                    if not class_context:
-                        if not context.callcontext:
-                            context.callcontext = CallContext(
-                                args=function.args.arguments, callee=function
-                            )
-                        # Through an instance so we can solve the property
-                        yield from function.infer_call_result(
-                            caller=self, context=context
-                        )
-                    # If we're in a class context, we need to determine if the property
-                    # was defined in the metaclass (a derived class must be a subclass of
-                    # the metaclass of all its bases), in which case we can resolve the
-                    # property. If not, i.e. the property is defined in some base class
-                    # instead, then we return the property object
-                    elif metaclass and function.parent.scope() is metaclass:
-                        # Resolve a property as long as it is not accessed through
-                        # the class itself.
-                        yield from function.infer_call_result(
-                            caller=self, context=context
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        yield inferred
-                else:
-                    yield function_to_method(inferred, self)
+            yield from self._infer_attrs(attributes, context, class_context)
         except AttributeInferenceError as error:
             if not name.startswith("__") and self.has_dynamic_getattr(context):
                 # class handle some dynamic attributes, return a Uninferable object
@@ -2563,6 +2525,49 @@ def igetattr(
                     str(error), target=self, attribute=name, context=context
                 ) from error
 
+    def _infer_attrs(
+        self,
+        attributes: list[InferenceResult],
+        context: InferenceContext,
+        class_context: bool = True,
+    ) -> Iterator[InferenceResult]:
+        from astroid import objects  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
+        metaclass = self.metaclass(context=context)
+        for inferred in bases._infer_stmts(attributes, context, frame=self):
+            # yield Uninferable object instead of descriptors when necessary
+            if not isinstance(inferred, node_classes.Const) and isinstance(
+                inferred, bases.Instance
+            ):
+                try:
+                    inferred._proxied.getattr("__get__", context)
+                except AttributeInferenceError:
+                    yield inferred
+                else:
+                    yield util.Uninferable
+            elif isinstance(inferred, objects.Property):
+                function = inferred.function
+                if not class_context:
+                    if not context.callcontext:
+                        context.callcontext = CallContext(
+                            args=function.args.arguments, callee=function
+                        )
+                    # Through an instance so we can solve the property
+                    yield from function.infer_call_result(caller=self, context=context)
+                # If we're in a class context, we need to determine if the property
+                # was defined in the metaclass (a derived class must be a subclass of
+                # the metaclass of all its bases), in which case we can resolve the
+                # property. If not, i.e. the property is defined in some base class
+                # instead, then we return the property object
+                elif metaclass and function.parent.scope() is metaclass:
+                    # Resolve a property as long as it is not accessed through
+                    # the class itself.
+                    yield from function.infer_call_result(caller=self, context=context)
+                else:
+                    yield inferred
+            else:
+                yield function_to_method(inferred, self)
+
     def has_dynamic_getattr(self, context: InferenceContext | None = None) -> bool:
         """Check if the class has a custom __getattr__ or __getattribute__.
 

astroid/objects.py

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def __init__(self, call, name=None, lineno=None, col_offset=None, parent=None):
             name,
             lineno=lineno,
             col_offset=col_offset,
-            parent=node_classes.Unknown(),
+            parent=AstroidManager().adhoc_module,
             end_col_offset=0,
             end_lineno=0,
         )