Also check the typealias naming style for TypeAlias variables defined in functions. (#8537)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/checkers/base/name_checker/checker.py b/pylint/checkers/base/name_checker/checker.py
index 9203d7acf..56ae925fb 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/base/name_checker/checker.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/base/name_checker/checker.py
@@ -476,7 +476,12 @@ class NameChecker(_BasicChecker):
             # global introduced variable aren't in the function locals
             if node.name in frame and node.name not in frame.argnames():
                 if not _redefines_import(node):
-                    self._check_name("variable", node.name, node)
+                    if isinstance(
+                        assign_type, nodes.AnnAssign
+                    ) and self._assigns_typealias(assign_type.annotation):
+                        self._check_name("typealias", node.name, node)
+                    else:
+                        self._check_name("variable", node.name, node)
 
         # Check names defined in class scopes
         elif isinstance(frame, nodes.ClassDef):