Accept values of the form ``<class name>.<attribute name>`` for the `exclude-protected` list (#8364)

Closes #7343

Co-authored-by: Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.py b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.py
index 209f571c4..6587e50a7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.py
+++ b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring, invalid-metaclass, no-member
 # pylint: disable=no-self-argument, undefined-variable, unused-variable
 
+import os
+
 # Test that exclude-protected can be used to exclude names from protected-access warning
 class Protected:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -41,3 +43,12 @@ class Light:
 
 def func(light: Light) -> None:
     print(light._light_internal)  # [protected-access]
+
+
+# os._exit is excluded from the protected-access check by default
+print(os._exit)
+
+# BaseTomato._sauce is included in the `exclude-protected` list
+# and does not emit a `protected-access` message:
+class BaseTomato:
+    _sauce = 42
diff --git a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.rc b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.rc
index 3ebab1b6f..c599f2a4a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.rc
+++ b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.rc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [CLASSES]
-exclude-protected=_meta,_manager
+exclude-protected=_meta,_manager,os._exit,BaseTomato._sauce
diff --git a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.txt b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.txt
index 50e6c5d5b..e0bebb76a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/p/protected_access.txt
+++ b/tests/functional/p/protected_access.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-protected-access:17:0:17:9::Access to a protected member _teta of a client class:UNDEFINED
-protected-access:29:16:29:26:Application.__no_special__:Access to a protected member _nargs of a client class:UNDEFINED
-protected-access:39:14:39:35:Light.func:Access to a protected member _light_internal of a client class:UNDEFINED
-protected-access:43:10:43:31:func:Access to a protected member _light_internal of a client class:UNDEFINED
+protected-access:19:0:19:9::Access to a protected member _teta of a client class:UNDEFINED
+protected-access:31:16:31:26:Application.__no_special__:Access to a protected member _nargs of a client class:UNDEFINED
+protected-access:41:14:41:35:Light.func:Access to a protected member _light_internal of a client class:UNDEFINED
+protected-access:45:10:45:31:func:Access to a protected member _light_internal of a client class:UNDEFINED