[red-knot] Detect (some) invalid protocols (#17488)

crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/protocols.md

@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ If `Protocol` is present in the bases tuple, all other bases in the tuple must b
 or `TypeError` is raised at runtime when the class is created.
 
 ```py
-# TODO: should emit `[invalid-protocol]`
+# error: [invalid-protocol] "Protocol class `Invalid` cannot inherit from non-protocol class `NotAProtocol`"
 class Invalid(NotAProtocol, Protocol): ...
 
 # revealed: tuple[Literal[Invalid], Literal[NotAProtocol], typing.Protocol, typing.Generic, Literal[object]]
 reveal_type(Invalid.__mro__)
 
-# TODO: should emit an `[invalid-protocol`] error
+# error: [invalid-protocol] "Protocol class `AlsoInvalid` cannot inherit from non-protocol class `NotAProtocol`"
 class AlsoInvalid(MyProtocol, OtherProtocol, NotAProtocol, Protocol): ...
 
 # revealed: tuple[Literal[AlsoInvalid], Literal[MyProtocol], Literal[OtherProtocol], Literal[NotAProtocol], typing.Protocol, typing.Generic, Literal[object]]

crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/diagnostic.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub(crate) fn register_lints(registry: &mut LintRegistryBuilder) {
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT);
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_METACLASS);
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_PARAMETER_DEFAULT);
+    registry.register_lint(&INVALID_PROTOCOL);
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_RAISE);
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_SUPER_ARGUMENT);
     registry.register_lint(&INVALID_TYPE_CHECKING_CONSTANT);
@@ -230,6 +231,34 @@ declare_lint! {
     }
 }
 
+declare_lint! {
+    /// ## What it does
+    /// Checks for invalidly defined protocol classes.
+    ///
+    /// ## Why is this bad?
+    /// An invalidly defined protocol class may lead to the type checker inferring
+    /// unexpected things. It may also lead to `TypeError`s at runtime.
+    ///
+    /// ## Examples
+    /// A `Protocol` class cannot inherit from a non-`Protocol` class;
+    /// this raises a `TypeError` at runtime:
+    ///
+    /// ```pycon
+    /// >>> from typing import Protocol
+    /// >>> class Foo(int, Protocol): ...
+    /// ...
+    /// Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ///   File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
+    ///     class Foo(int, Protocol): ...
+    /// TypeError: Protocols can only inherit from other protocols, got <class 'int'>
+    /// ```
+    pub(crate) static INVALID_PROTOCOL = {
+        summary: "detects invalid protocol class definitions",
+        status: LintStatus::preview("1.0.0"),
+        default_level: Level::Error,
+    }
+}
+
 declare_lint! {
     /// TODO #14889
     pub(crate) static INCONSISTENT_MRO = {

crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ use super::diagnostic::{
     report_index_out_of_bounds, report_invalid_exception_caught, report_invalid_exception_cause,
     report_invalid_exception_raised, report_invalid_type_checking_constant,
     report_non_subscriptable, report_possibly_unresolved_reference, report_slice_step_size_zero,
-    report_unresolved_reference, INVALID_METACLASS, REDUNDANT_CAST, STATIC_ASSERT_ERROR,
+    report_unresolved_reference, INVALID_METACLASS, INVALID_PROTOCOL, REDUNDANT_CAST,
-    SUBCLASS_OF_FINAL_CLASS, TYPE_ASSERTION_FAILURE,
+    STATIC_ASSERT_ERROR, SUBCLASS_OF_FINAL_CLASS, TYPE_ASSERTION_FAILURE,
 };
 use super::slots::check_class_slots;
 use super::string_annotation::{
@@ -763,17 +763,21 @@ impl<'db> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db> {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // (2) Check for inheritance from plain `Generic`,
+            let is_protocol = class.is_protocol(self.db());
-            //     and from classes that inherit from `@final` classes
+
+            // (2) Iterate through the class's explicit bases to check for various possible errors:
+            //     - Check for inheritance from plain `Generic`,
+            //     - Check for inheritance from a `@final` classes
+            //     - If the class is a protocol class: check for inheritance from a non-protocol class
             for (i, base_class) in class.explicit_bases(self.db()).iter().enumerate() {
                 let base_class = match base_class {
                     Type::KnownInstance(KnownInstanceType::Generic) => {
-                        // `Generic` can appear in the MRO of many classes,
+                        // Unsubscripted `Generic` can appear in the MRO of many classes,
                         // but it is never valid as an explicit base class in user code.
                         self.context.report_lint_old(
                             &INVALID_BASE,
                             &class_node.bases()[i],
-                            format_args!("Cannot inherit from plain `Generic`",),
+                            format_args!("Cannot inherit from plain `Generic`"),
                         );
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -782,9 +786,22 @@ impl<'db> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db> {
                     _ => continue,
                 };
 
-                if !base_class.is_final(self.db()) {
+                if is_protocol
-                    continue;
+                    && !(base_class.is_protocol(self.db())
+                        || base_class.is_known(self.db(), KnownClass::Object))
+                {
+                    self.context.report_lint_old(
+                        &INVALID_PROTOCOL,
+                        &class_node.bases()[i],
+                        format_args!(
+                            "Protocol class `{}` cannot inherit from non-protocol class `{}`",
+                            class.name(self.db()),
+                            base_class.name(self.db()),
+                        ),
+                    );
                 }
+
+                if base_class.is_final(self.db()) {
                     self.context.report_lint_old(
                         &SUBCLASS_OF_FINAL_CLASS,
                         &class_node.bases()[i],
@@ -795,6 +812,7 @@ impl<'db> TypeInferenceBuilder<'db> {
                         ),
                     );
                 }
+            }
 
             // (3) Check that the class's MRO is resolvable
             match class.try_mro(self.db(), None).as_ref() {

knot.schema.json

@@ -460,6 +460,16 @@
             }
           ]
         },
+        "invalid-protocol": {
+          "title": "detects invalid protocol class definitions",
+          "description": "## What it does\nChecks for invalidly defined protocol classes.\n\n## Why is this bad?\nAn invalidly defined protocol class may lead to the type checker inferring\nunexpected things. It may also lead to `TypeError`s at runtime.\n\n## Examples\nA `Protocol` class cannot inherit from a non-`Protocol` class;\nthis raises a `TypeError` at runtime:\n\n```pycon\n>>> from typing import Protocol\n>>> class Foo(int, Protocol): ...\n...\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"<python-input-1>\", line 1, in <module>\n    class Foo(int, Protocol): ...\nTypeError: Protocols can only inherit from other protocols, got <class 'int'>\n```",
+          "default": "error",
+          "oneOf": [
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/Level"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
         "invalid-raise": {
           "title": "detects `raise` statements that raise invalid exceptions or use invalid causes",
           "description": "Checks for `raise` statements that raise non-exceptions or use invalid\ncauses for their raised exceptions.\n\n## Why is this bad?\nOnly subclasses or instances of `BaseException` can be raised.\nFor an exception's cause, the same rules apply, except that `None` is also\npermitted. Violating these rules results in a `TypeError` at runtime.\n\n## Examples\n```python\ndef f():\n    try:\n        something()\n    except NameError:\n        raise \"oops!\" from f\n\ndef g():\n    raise NotImplemented from 42\n```\n\nUse instead:\n```python\ndef f():\n    try:\n        something()\n    except NameError as e:\n        raise RuntimeError(\"oops!\") from e\n\ndef g():\n    raise NotImplementedError from None\n```\n\n## References\n- [Python documentation: The `raise` statement](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#raise)\n- [Python documentation: Built-in Exceptions](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#built-in-exceptions)",