Add early transforms before handling delayed assattr nodes

When importing Gtk, it looks like this:

    import gi
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
    from gi.repository import Gtk

It is vital that gi.require_version() is made before related 'from
gi.repository import ...'. The brain_gi tries to do that using
transforms. And it works unless Gtk is imported as part of delayed
assattr handling.

Fix this by adding early transforms that are called before delayed
assattr.

Fixes #2190
Fixes pylint-dev/pylint#6352

astroid/brain/brain_gi.py

@@ -245,6 +245,6 @@ def _register_require_version(node):
 
 def register(manager: AstroidManager) -> None:
     manager.register_failed_import_hook(_import_gi_module)
-    manager.register_transform(
+    manager.register_early_transform(
         nodes.Call, _register_require_version, _looks_like_require_version
     )

astroid/builder.py

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def module_build(
             if self._apply_transforms:
                 # We have to handle transformation by ourselves since the
                 # rebuilder isn't called for builtin nodes
+                node = self._manager.visit_early_transforms(node)
                 node = self._manager.visit_transforms(node)
         assert isinstance(node, nodes.Module)
         return node
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ def _post_build(
                 for symbol, _ in from_node.names:
                     module.future_imports.add(symbol)
             self.add_from_names_to_locals(from_node)
+        # Visit the transforms
+        if self._apply_transforms:
+            module = self._manager.visit_early_transforms(module)
+
         # handle delayed assattr nodes
         for delayed in builder._delayed_assattr:
             self.delayed_assattr(delayed)

astroid/manager.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class AstroidManager:
         "extension_package_whitelist": set(),
         "module_denylist": set(),
         "_transform": TransformVisitor(),
+        "_early_transform": TransformVisitor(),
         "prefer_stubs": False,
     }
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         ]
         self.module_denylist = AstroidManager.brain["module_denylist"]
         self._transform = AstroidManager.brain["_transform"]
+        self._early_transform = AstroidManager.brain["_early_transform"]
         self.prefer_stubs = AstroidManager.brain["prefer_stubs"]
 
     @property
@@ -110,6 +112,15 @@ def register_transform(self):
     def unregister_transform(self):
         return self._transform.unregister_transform
 
+    @property
+    def register_early_transform(self):
+        # This and unregister_early_transform below are exported for convenience
+        return self._early_transform.register_transform
+
+    @property
+    def unregister_early_transform(self):
+        return self._early_transform.unregister_transform
+
     @property
     def builtins_module(self) -> nodes.Module:
         return self.astroid_cache["builtins"]
@@ -126,6 +137,10 @@ def visit_transforms(self, node: nodes.NodeNG) -> InferenceResult:
         """Visit the transforms and apply them to the given *node*."""
         return self._transform.visit(node)
 
+    def visit_early_transforms(self, node: nodes.NodeNG) -> InferenceResult:
+        """Visit the early transforms and apply them to the given *node*."""
+        return self._early_transform.visit(node)
+
     def ast_from_file(
         self,
         filepath: str,
@@ -466,6 +481,9 @@ def clear_cache(self) -> None:
         self.astroid_cache.clear()
         # NB: not a new TransformVisitor()
         AstroidManager.brain["_transform"].transforms = collections.defaultdict(list)
+        AstroidManager.brain["_early_transform"].transforms = collections.defaultdict(
+            list
+        )
 
         for lru_cache in (
             LookupMixIn.lookup,

astroid/test_utils.py

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def brainless_manager():
     m.astroid_cache = {}
     m._mod_file_cache = {}
     m._transform = transforms.TransformVisitor()
+    m._early_transform = transforms.TransformVisitor()
     m.extension_package_whitelist = set()
     m.module_denylist = set()
     return m

tests/test_builder.py

@@ -487,6 +487,22 @@ def transform_time(node: Module) -> None:
         finally:
             self.manager.unregister_transform(nodes.Module, transform_time)
 
+    def test_inspect_early_transform_module(self) -> None:
+        # ensure no cached version of the time module
+        self.manager._mod_file_cache.pop(("time", None), None)
+        self.manager.astroid_cache.pop("time", None)
+
+        def transform_time(node: Module) -> None:
+            if node.name == "time":
+                node.transformed = True
+
+        self.manager.register_early_transform(nodes.Module, transform_time)
+        try:
+            time_ast = self.manager.ast_from_module_name("time")
+            self.assertTrue(getattr(time_ast, "transformed", False))
+        finally:
+            self.manager.unregister_early_transform(nodes.Module, transform_time)
+
     def test_package_name(self) -> None:
         """Test base properties and method of an astroid module."""
         datap = resources.build_file("data/__init__.py", "data")