Revert "Remove --min_pyver_end_position"

doc/development_guide/contributor_guide/tests/writing_test.rst

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ test runner. The following options are currently supported:
 
 - "min_pyver": Minimal python version required to run the test
 - "max_pyver": Python version from which the test won't be run. If the last supported version is 3.9 this setting should be set to 3.10.
+- "min_pyver_end_position": Minimal python version required to check the end_line and end_column attributes of the message
 - "requires": Packages required to be installed locally to run the test
 - "except_implementations": List of python implementations on which the test should not run
 - "exclude_platforms": List of operating systems on which the test should not run

doc/whatsnew/fragments/9774.other

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Remove support for launching pylint with Python 3.8.
 Code that supports Python 3.8 can still be linted with the ``--py-version=3.8`` setting.
 
-``--min_pyver_end_position`` in the functional test runner is no longer relevant and is removed.
-
 Refs #9774

pylint/testutils/functional/test_file.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class NoFileError(Exception):
 class TestFileOptions(TypedDict):
     min_pyver: tuple[int, ...]
     max_pyver: tuple[int, ...]
+    min_pyver_end_position: tuple[int, ...]
     requires: list[str]
     except_implementations: list[str]
     exclude_platforms: list[str]
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class TestFileOptions(TypedDict):
 POSSIBLE_TEST_OPTIONS = {
     "min_pyver",
     "max_pyver",
+    "min_pyver_end_position",
     "requires",
     "except_implementations",
     "exclude_platforms",
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ class FunctionalTestFile:
     _CONVERTERS: dict[str, Callable[[str], tuple[int, ...] | list[str]]] = {
         "min_pyver": parse_python_version,
         "max_pyver": parse_python_version,
+        "min_pyver_end_position": parse_python_version,
         "requires": lambda s: [i.strip() for i in s.split(",")],
         "except_implementations": lambda s: [i.strip() for i in s.split(",")],
         "exclude_platforms": lambda s: [i.strip() for i in s.split(",")],
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, directory: str, filename: str) -> None:
         self.options: TestFileOptions = {
             "min_pyver": (2, 5),
             "max_pyver": (4, 0),
+            "min_pyver_end_position": (3, 8),
             "requires": [],
             "except_implementations": [],
             "exclude_platforms": [],

pylint/testutils/lint_module_test.py

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._linter._arg_parser.add_argument(
             "--max_pyver", type=parse_python_version, default=(4, 0)
         )
+        self._linter._arg_parser.add_argument(
+            "--min_pyver_end_position", type=parse_python_version, default=(3, 8)
+        )
         self._linter._arg_parser.add_argument(
             "--requires", type=lambda s: [i.strip() for i in s.split(",")], default=[]
         )
@@ -100,6 +103,10 @@ def __init__(
             self._linter, args_list=args, config_file=rc_file, reporter=_test_reporter
         )
 
+        self._check_end_position = (
+            sys.version_info >= self._linter.config.min_pyver_end_position
+        )
+
         self._config = config
 
     def setUp(self) -> None:
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ def _get_expected(self) -> tuple[MessageCounter, list[OutputLine]]:
             expected_msgs = Counter()
         with self._open_expected_file() as f:
             expected_output_lines = [
-                OutputLine.from_csv(row) for row in csv.reader(f, "test")
+                OutputLine.from_csv(row, self._check_end_position)
+                for row in csv.reader(f, "test")
             ]
         return expected_msgs, expected_output_lines
 
@@ -229,7 +237,9 @@ def _get_actual(self) -> tuple[MessageCounter, list[OutputLine]]:
                 msg.symbol != "fatal"
             ), f"Pylint analysis failed because of '{msg.msg}'"
             received_msgs[msg.line, msg.symbol] += 1
-            received_output_lines.append(OutputLine.from_msg(msg))
+            received_output_lines.append(
+                OutputLine.from_msg(msg, self._check_end_position)
+            )
         return received_msgs, received_output_lines
 
     def _runTest(self) -> None:

pylint/testutils/output_line.py

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections.abc import Sequence
-from typing import Any, NamedTuple
+from typing import Any, NamedTuple, TypeVar
 
 from astroid import nodes
 
 from pylint.interfaces import UNDEFINED, Confidence
 from pylint.message.message import Message
 
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+
 
 class MessageTest(NamedTuple):
     msg_id: str
@@ -39,15 +41,17 @@ class OutputLine(NamedTuple):
     confidence: str
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_msg(cls, msg: Message) -> OutputLine:
+    def from_msg(cls, msg: Message, check_endline: bool = True) -> OutputLine:
         """Create an OutputLine from a Pylint Message."""
         column = cls._get_column(msg.column)
+        end_line = cls._get_end_line_and_end_col(msg.end_line, check_endline)
+        end_column = cls._get_end_line_and_end_col(msg.end_column, check_endline)
         return cls(
             msg.symbol,
             msg.line,
             column,
-            msg.end_line,
-            msg.end_column,
+            end_line,
+            end_column,
             msg.obj or "",
             msg.msg.replace("\r\n", "\n"),
             msg.confidence.name,
@@ -58,8 +62,19 @@ def _get_column(column: str | int) -> int:
         """Handle column numbers."""
         return int(column)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_end_line_and_end_col(value: _T, check_endline: bool) -> _T | None:
+        """Used to make end_line and end_column None as indicated by our version
+        compared to `min_pyver_end_position`.
+        """
+        if not check_endline:
+            return None  # pragma: no cover
+        return value
+
     @classmethod
-    def from_csv(cls, row: Sequence[str] | str) -> OutputLine:
+    def from_csv(
+        cls, row: Sequence[str] | str, check_endline: bool = True
+    ) -> OutputLine:
         """Create an OutputLine from a comma separated list (the functional tests
         expected output .txt files).
         """
@@ -68,8 +83,12 @@ def from_csv(cls, row: Sequence[str] | str) -> OutputLine:
         try:
             line = int(row[1])
             column = cls._get_column(row[2])
-            end_line = cls._value_to_optional_int(row[3])
-            end_column = cls._value_to_optional_int(row[4])
+            end_line = cls._value_to_optional_int(
+                cls._get_end_line_and_end_col(row[3], check_endline)
+            )
+            end_column = cls._value_to_optional_int(
+                cls._get_end_line_and_end_col(row[4], check_endline)
+            )
             # symbol, line, column, end_line, end_column, node, msg, confidences
             assert len(row) == 8
             return cls(

tests/testutils/test_output_line.py

@@ -70,13 +70,33 @@ def test_output_line_from_message(message: _MessageCallable) -> None:
     assert output_line.msg == "msg"
     assert output_line.confidence == "HIGH"
 
+    output_line_with_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(), True)
+    assert output_line_with_end.symbol == "missing-docstring"
+    assert output_line_with_end.lineno == 1
+    assert output_line_with_end.column == 2
+    assert output_line_with_end.end_lineno == 1
+    assert output_line_with_end.end_column == 3
+    assert output_line_with_end.object == "obj"
+    assert output_line_with_end.msg == "msg"
+    assert output_line_with_end.confidence == "HIGH"
+
+    output_line_without_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(), False)
+    assert output_line_without_end.symbol == "missing-docstring"
+    assert output_line_without_end.lineno == 1
+    assert output_line_without_end.column == 2
+    assert output_line_without_end.end_lineno is None
+    assert output_line_without_end.end_column is None
+    assert output_line_without_end.object == "obj"
+    assert output_line_without_end.msg == "msg"
+    assert output_line_without_end.confidence == "HIGH"
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("confidence", [HIGH, INFERENCE])
 def test_output_line_to_csv(confidence: Confidence, message: _MessageCallable) -> None:
     """Test that the OutputLine NamedTuple is instantiated correctly with from_msg
     and then converted to csv.
     """
-    output_line = OutputLine.from_msg(message(confidence))
+    output_line = OutputLine.from_msg(message(confidence), True)
     csv = output_line.to_csv()
     assert csv == (
         "missing-docstring",
@@ -89,6 +109,19 @@ def test_output_line_to_csv(confidence: Confidence, message: _MessageCallable) -
         confidence.name,
     )
 
+    output_line_without_end = OutputLine.from_msg(message(confidence), False)
+    csv = output_line_without_end.to_csv()
+    assert csv == (
+        "missing-docstring",
+        "1",
+        "2",
+        "None",
+        "None",
+        "obj",
+        "msg",
+        confidence.name,
+    )
+
 
 def test_output_line_from_csv() -> None:
     """Test that the OutputLine NamedTuple is instantiated correctly with from_csv.
@@ -107,3 +140,25 @@ def test_output_line_from_csv() -> None:
         msg="msg",
         confidence="HIGH",
     )
+    output_line_with_end = OutputLine.from_csv(proper_csv, True)
+    assert output_line_with_end == OutputLine(
+        symbol="missing-docstring",
+        lineno=1,
+        column=2,
+        end_lineno=1,
+        end_column=None,
+        object="obj",
+        msg="msg",
+        confidence="HIGH",
+    )
+    output_line_without_end = OutputLine.from_csv(proper_csv, False)
+    assert output_line_without_end == OutputLine(
+        symbol="missing-docstring",
+        lineno=1,
+        column=2,
+        end_lineno=None,
+        end_column=None,
+        object="obj",
+        msg="msg",
+        confidence="HIGH",
+    )