Remove in-place edits and return fresh instances instead

Fixes #4098

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/discord/abc.py b/discord/abc.py
index ab38c35c..a2ca1e48 100644
--- a/discord/abc.py
+++ b/discord/abc.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .ui.view import View
     from .types.channel import (
         PermissionOverwrite as PermissionOverwritePayload,
+        Channel as ChannelPayload,
         GuildChannel as GuildChannelPayload,
         OverwriteType,
     )
@@ -302,11 +303,8 @@ class GuildChannel:
             payload.append(d)
 
         await http.bulk_channel_update(self.guild.id, payload, reason=reason)
-        self.position = position
-        if parent_id is not _undefined:
-            self.category_id = int(parent_id) if parent_id else None
 
-    async def _edit(self, options: Dict[str, Any], reason: Optional[str]):
+    async def _edit(self, options: Dict[str, Any], reason: Optional[str]) -> Optional[ChannelPayload]:
         try:
             parent = options.pop('category')
         except KeyError:
@@ -385,8 +383,7 @@ class GuildChannel:
             options['type'] = ch_type.value
 
         if options:
-            data = await self._state.http.edit_channel(self.id, reason=reason, **options)
-            self._update(self.guild, data)
+            return await self._state.http.edit_channel(self.id, reason=reason, **options)
 
     def _fill_overwrites(self, data: GuildChannelPayload) -> None:
         self._overwrites = []