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+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods, W0231, print-statement
+"""Test external access to protected class members."""
+
+
+class MyClass(object):
+    """Class with protected members."""
+    _cls_protected = 5
+
+    def __init__(self, other):
+        MyClass._cls_protected = 6
+        self._protected = 1
+        self.public = other
+        self.attr = 0
+
+    def test(self):
+        """Docstring."""
+        self._protected += self._cls_protected
+        print self.public._haha  # [protected-access]
+
+    def clsmeth(cls):
+        """Docstring."""
+        cls._cls_protected += 1
+        print cls._cls_protected
+    clsmeth = classmethod(clsmeth)
+
+class Subclass(MyClass):
+    """Subclass with protected members."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        MyClass._protected = 5
+
+INST = Subclass()
+INST.attr = 1
+print INST.attr
+INST._protected = 2  # [protected-access]
+print INST._protected  # [protected-access]
+INST._cls_protected = 3  # [protected-access]
+print INST._cls_protected  # [protected-access]