Don't warn about no-self-use for builtin properties.

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 357b90a8f..4add9d5f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ ChangeLog for Pylint
       crashed when it encountered a bytes string with a .format
       method called.
 
+    * Don't warn about no-self-use for builtin properties.
+
 
 2015-03-14 -- 1.4.3
 
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/classes.py b/pylint/checkers/classes.py
index 2bd7cc1dc..080abd97c 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/classes.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/classes.py
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ a metaclass class method.'}
             if (self._meth_could_be_func and node.type == 'method'
                     and not node.name in PYMETHODS
                     and not (node.is_abstract() or
-                             overrides_a_method(class_node, node.name))
+                             overrides_a_method(class_node, node.name) or
+                             decorated_with_property(node))
                     and class_node.type != 'interface'):
                 self.add_message('no-self-use', node=node)
 
diff --git a/pylint/test/functional/no_self_use.py b/pylint/test/functional/no_self_use.py
index 9c432f923..ab3b1ba88 100644
--- a/pylint/test/functional/no_self_use.py
+++ b/pylint/test/functional/no_self_use.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# pylint: disable=R0903,W0232
+# pylint: disable=R0903,W0232,missing-docstring
 """test detection of method which could be a function"""
 
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -58,3 +58,15 @@ class Sub1(Super):
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         """no i can not be a function"""
         print(42)
+
+
+class Prop(object):
+
+    @property
+    def count(self):
+        """Don't emit no-self-use for properties.
+
+        They can't be functions and they can be part of an
+        API specification.
+        """
+        return 42