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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""This is a mypy plugin for Synpase to deal with some of the funky typing that
+can crop up, e.g the cache descriptors.
+"""
+
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+
+from mypy.plugin import MethodSigContext, Plugin
+from mypy.typeops import bind_self
+from mypy.types import CallableType
+
+
+class SynapsePlugin(Plugin):
+    def get_method_signature_hook(
+        self, fullname: str
+    ) -> Optional[Callable[[MethodSigContext], CallableType]]:
+        if fullname.startswith(
+            "synapse.util.caches.descriptors._CachedFunction.__call__"
+        ):
+            return cached_function_method_signature
+        return None
+
+
+def cached_function_method_signature(ctx: MethodSigContext) -> CallableType:
+    """Fixes the `_CachedFunction.__call__` signature to be correct.
+
+    It already has *almost* the correct signature, except:
+
+        1. the `self` argument needs to be marked as "bound"; and
+        2. any `cache_context` argument should be removed.
+    """
+
+    # First we mark this as a bound function signature.
+    signature = bind_self(ctx.default_signature)
+
+    # Secondly, we remove any "cache_context" args.
+    #
+    # Note: We should be only doing this if `cache_context=True` is set, but if
+    # it isn't then the code will raise an exception when its called anyway, so
+    # its not the end of the world.
+    context_arg_index = None
+    for idx, name in enumerate(signature.arg_names):
+        if name == "cache_context":
+            context_arg_index = idx
+            break
+
+    if context_arg_index:
+        arg_types = list(signature.arg_types)
+        arg_types.pop(context_arg_index)
+
+        arg_names = list(signature.arg_names)
+        arg_names.pop(context_arg_index)
+
+        arg_kinds = list(signature.arg_kinds)
+        arg_kinds.pop(context_arg_index)
+
+        signature = signature.copy_modified(
+            arg_types=arg_types, arg_names=arg_names, arg_kinds=arg_kinds,
+        )
+
+    return signature
+
+
+def plugin(version: str):
+    # This is the entry point of the plugin, and let's us deal with the fact
+    # that the mypy plugin interface is *not* stable by looking at the version
+    # string.
+    #
+    # However, since we pin the version of mypy Synapse uses in CI, we don't
+    # really care.
+    return SynapsePlugin