Bug description

When assigning the result of readlink() to a variable, Pylint logs a false E1111 (assignment-from-no-return) positive. In reality, readlink() returns a pathlib.Path object.

pylint-E1111-false-positive.py :

import pathlib

path = pathlib.Path("test.txt")
result = path.readlink()

Configuration

Command used

pylint --disable all --enable E1111 pylint-E1111-false-positive.py

Pylint output

************* Module pylint-E1111-false-positive
pylint-E1111-false-positive.py:4:0: E1111: Assigning result of a function call, where the function has no return (assignment-from-no-return)

Expected behavior

No warning would be expected.

Pylint version

pylint 4.0.6
astroid 4.0.4
Python 3.14.0rc3 (main, Sep 18 2025, 19:45:57) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]

OS / Environment

• RedHat 9 with Python 3.14.6
• Windows 11 with Python 3.14.0rc3

Additional dependencies