Add a customize_class_mro plugin hook

mypy/plugin.py

@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ def get_base_class_hook(self, fullname: str
                             ) -> Optional[Callable[[ClassDefContext], None]]:
         return None
 
+    def get_customize_class_mro_hook(self, fullname: str
+                                     ) -> Optional[Callable[[ClassDefContext], None]]:
+        return None
+
 
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
@@ -270,6 +274,10 @@ def get_base_class_hook(self, fullname: str
                             ) -> Optional[Callable[[ClassDefContext], None]]:
         return self._find_hook(lambda plugin: plugin.get_base_class_hook(fullname))
 
+    def get_customize_class_mro_hook(self, fullname: str
+                                     ) -> Optional[Callable[[ClassDefContext], None]]:
+        return self._find_hook(lambda plugin: plugin.get_customize_class_mro_hook(fullname))
+
     def _find_hook(self, lookup: Callable[[Plugin], T]) -> Optional[T]:
         for plugin in self._plugins:
             hook = lookup(plugin)

mypy/semanal.py

@@ -1145,7 +1145,28 @@ def analyze_base_classes(self, defn: ClassDef) -> None:
             return
         # TODO: Ideally we should move MRO calculation to a later stage, but this is
         # not easy, see issue #5536.
-        calculate_class_mro(defn, self.fail_blocker, self.object_type)
+        self.calculate_class_mro(defn, self.object_type)
+
+    def calculate_class_mro(self, defn: ClassDef,
+                            obj_type: Optional[Callable[[], Instance]] = None) -> None:
+        """Calculate method resolution order for a class.
+
+        `obj_type` may be omitted in the third pass when all classes are already analyzed.
+        It exists just to fill in empty base class list during second pass in case of
+        an import cycle.
+        """
+        try:
+            calculate_mro(defn.info, obj_type)
+        except MroError:
+            self.fail_blocker('Cannot determine consistent method resolution '
+                              'order (MRO) for "%s"' % defn.name, defn)
+            defn.info.mro = []
+        # Allow plugins to alter the MRO to handle the fact that `def mro()`
+        # on metaclasses permits MRO rewriting.
+        if defn.fullname:
+            hook = self.plugin.get_customize_class_mro_hook(defn.fullname)
+            if hook:
+                hook(ClassDefContext(defn, Expression(), self))
 
     def update_metaclass(self, defn: ClassDef) -> None:
         """Lookup for special metaclass declarations, and update defn fields accordingly.
@@ -3428,22 +3449,6 @@ def refers_to_class_or_function(node: Expression) -> bool:
             isinstance(node.node, (TypeInfo, FuncDef, OverloadedFuncDef)))
 
 
-def calculate_class_mro(defn: ClassDef, fail: Callable[[str, Context], None],
-                        obj_type: Optional[Callable[[], Instance]] = None) -> None:
-    """Calculate method resolution order for a class.
-
-    `obj_type` may be omitted in the third pass when all classes are already analyzed.
-    It exists just to fill in empty base class list during second pass in case of
-    an import cycle.
-    """
-    try:
-        calculate_mro(defn.info, obj_type)
-    except MroError:
-        fail("Cannot determine consistent method resolution order "
-             '(MRO) for "%s"' % defn.name, defn)
-        defn.info.mro = []
-
-
 def calculate_mro(info: TypeInfo, obj_type: Optional[Callable[[], Instance]] = None) -> None:
     """Calculate and set mro (method resolution order).
 

mypy/semanal_pass3.py

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 from mypy.typeanal import TypeAnalyserPass3, collect_any_types
 from mypy.typevars import has_no_typevars
 from mypy.semanal_shared import PRIORITY_FORWARD_REF, PRIORITY_TYPEVAR_VALUES
+from mypy.semanal import SemanticAnalyzerPass2
 from mypy.subtypes import is_subtype
 from mypy.sametypes import is_same_type
 from mypy.scope import Scope
 from mypy.semanal_shared import SemanticAnalyzerCoreInterface
-import mypy.semanal
 
 
 class SemanticAnalyzerPass3(TraverserVisitor, SemanticAnalyzerCoreInterface):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SemanticAnalyzerPass3(TraverserVisitor, SemanticAnalyzerCoreInterface):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, modules: Dict[str, MypyFile], errors: Errors,
-                 sem: 'mypy.semanal.SemanticAnalyzerPass2') -> None:
+                 sem: SemanticAnalyzerPass2) -> None:
         self.modules = modules
         self.errors = errors
         self.sem = sem
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def visit_class_def(self, tdef: ClassDef) -> None:
         # import loop. (Only do so if we succeeded the first time.)
         if tdef.info.mro:
             tdef.info.mro = []  # Force recomputation
-            mypy.semanal.calculate_class_mro(tdef, self.fail_blocker)
+            self.sem.calculate_class_mro(tdef)
         if tdef.analyzed is not None:
             # Also check synthetic types associated with this ClassDef.
             # Currently these are TypedDict, and NamedTuple.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def visit_assignment_stmt(self, s: AssignmentStmt) -> None:
                     self.analyze_info(analyzed.info)
                 if analyzed.info and analyzed.info.mro:
                     analyzed.info.mro = []  # Force recomputation
-                    mypy.semanal.calculate_class_mro(analyzed.info.defn, self.fail_blocker)
+                    self.sem.calculate_class_mro(analyzed.info.defn)
             if isinstance(analyzed, TypeVarExpr):
                 types = []
                 if analyzed.upper_bound: