False positive for super-init-not-called

[DanielNoord]

Bug description

class A:
    def __init__(self):
        pass


class B(A):
    pass


class D(B, A):
    def __init__(self):
        A.__init__(self)

This was found while working on #4940, after fixing this we might want to check if there are any messages that are unnecessarily disabled in our own codebase.

Command used

pylint test.py

Pylint output

pylint test.py
************* Module test
test.py:11:4: W0231: __init__ method from base class 'B' is not called (super-init-not-called)

------------------------------------------------------------------
Your code has been rated at 8.75/10 (previous run: 8.75/10, +0.00)

Expected behavior

As class B does not have a __init__ it can't be called. The only __init__ included in class B is the __init__ of class A which is being called in class C.

Pylint version

pylint 2.10.3-dev0
astroid 2.7.3
Python 3.9.6 (default, Aug  2 2021, 08:23:35) 
[Clang 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.11)]

OS / Environment

macOS

Additional dependencies

No response

[Goldziher]

Another example:

class DataclassProtocol(Protocol):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
        ...

    __dataclass_fields__: Dict
    __dataclass_params__: Dict
    __post_init__: Optional[Callable]

[DanielNoord]

@Goldziher Your issue was being tracked in #4790 for which I just created a fix #5697. Should be available in 2.13 😄