Feature

Adding a setting "user_builtins_name", or "builtins", that is a array of strings for which the error [name-defined] is ignored.

Pitch

It is possible to extend the list of builtins function, which can be very useful in some projects as we no longer need to import this function if it's used extensively in the rest of the project.

Example:

builtins.__dict__['prints'] = prints = PrefixedPrint()

builtins.__dict__['_'] = localization.gettext

Sadly, mypy don't support such exotic things. There is two solution:

1. Analyzer all the code to add dynamically the "user builtins name"
2. Add a user-controlled setting to globally ignore specific "name-defined" errors

The first would be the best, but also the harder to implement. The second would be easier to implement, but some ignored 'name-defined' error could be legitimate depending on the import and call stack. But since the very exotic and niche feature, the risks are low and we can assume that the user know what he do when he use this settings.

The use of a setting name that contain the word 'builtins' allows to explicitly specify the user case of such setting (when a generic "ignore_name_defined" could be misinterpreted and so misused)

Related Issues
#7931