Set the parent of vararg and kwarg nodes when inferring them. Closes issue #43.

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dcc1093a..2fff5b84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Change log for the astroid package (used to be astng)
     * Fix a crash occurred when inferring decorator call chain.
       Closes issue #42.
 
+    * Set the parent of vararg and kwarg nodes when inferring them.
+      Closes issue #43.
+
 2014-07-25  --  1.2.0
 
     * Function nodes can detect decorator call chain and see if they are
diff --git a/protocols.py b/protocols.py
index 7ce1faa6..d621ffb6 100644
--- a/protocols.py
+++ b/protocols.py
@@ -231,10 +231,14 @@ def _arguments_infer_argname(self, name, context):
             yield self.parent.parent.frame()
             return
     if name == self.vararg:
-        yield const_factory(())
+        vararg = const_factory(())
+        vararg.parent = self
+        yield vararg
         return
     if name == self.kwarg:
-        yield const_factory({})
+        kwarg = const_factory({})
+        kwarg.parent = self
+        yield kwarg
         return
     # if there is a default value, yield it. And then yield YES to reflect
     # we can't guess given argument value
diff --git a/test/unittest_inference.py b/test/unittest_inference.py
index c7036819..7e70ed3b 100644
--- a/test/unittest_inference.py
+++ b/test/unittest_inference.py
@@ -1220,5 +1220,25 @@ empty_list = A().empty_method()
         empty_list = astroid['empty_list'].infered()[0]
         self.assertIsInstance(empty_list, nodes.List)
 
+    def test_infer_variable_arguments(self):
+        code = '''
+def test(*args, **kwargs):
+    vararg = args
+    kwarg = kwargs
+        '''
+        astroid = builder.string_build(code, __name__, __file__)
+        func = astroid['test']
+        vararg = func.body[0].value
+        kwarg = func.body[1].value
+
+        kwarg_infered = kwarg.infered()[0]
+        self.assertIsInstance(kwarg_infered, nodes.Dict)
+        self.assertIs(kwarg_infered.parent, func.args)
+
+        vararg_infered = vararg.infered()[0]
+        self.assertIsInstance(vararg_infered, nodes.Tuple)
+        self.assertIs(vararg_infered.parent, func.args)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest_main()