Accessing a protected member of a class or a module

Reports cases when a protected member is accessed outside the class, a descendant of the class where it is defined, or a module.

Example:

class Foo:
    def _protected_method(self):
        pass


class Bar(Foo):
    def public_method(self):
        self._protected_method()


foo = Foo()
foo._protected_method() # Access to a protected method

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PyProtectedMember

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Python

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Accessing a protected member of a class or a module inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore test functions: Default: Selected
Ignore annotations: Not selected

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2024.2, PyCharm 2024.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	Python Community Edition, 242.22900

Last modified: 11 September 2024