Merge pull request #9128 from tk0miya/9121_duplicated_warning_for_canonical

Fix #9121: py domain: duplicated warning for canonical and alias

3 files changed, 52 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5edc80e38..71236232c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Features added
 * #9098: html: copy-range protection for doctests doesn't work in Safari
 * #9103: LaTeX: imgconverter: conversion runs even if not needed
 * #8127: py domain: Ellipsis in info-field-list causes nit-picky warning
+* #9121: py domain: duplicated warning is emitted when both canonical and its
+  alias objects are defined on the document
 * #9023: More CSS classes on domain descriptions, see :ref:`nodes` for details.
 
 Bugs fixed
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/python.py b/sphinx/domains/python.py
index dbb315e6e..fb8a4d84f 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/python.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/python.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ObjectEntry(NamedTuple):
     docname: str
     node_id: str
     objtype: str
-    canonical: bool
+    aliased: bool
 
 
 class ModuleEntry(NamedTuple):
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ class PyObject(ObjectDescription[Tuple[str, str]]):
 
         canonical_name = self.options.get('canonical')
         if canonical_name:
-            domain.note_object(canonical_name, self.objtype, node_id, canonical=True,
+            domain.note_object(canonical_name, self.objtype, node_id, aliased=True,
                                location=signode)
 
         if 'noindexentry' not in self.options:
@@ -1138,17 +1138,25 @@ class PythonDomain(Domain):
         return self.data.setdefault('objects', {})  # fullname -> ObjectEntry
 
     def note_object(self, name: str, objtype: str, node_id: str,
-                    canonical: bool = False, location: Any = None) -> None:
+                    aliased: bool = False, location: Any = None) -> None:
         """Note a python object for cross reference.
 
         .. versionadded:: 2.1
         """
         if name in self.objects:
             other = self.objects[name]
-            logger.warning(__('duplicate object description of %s, '
-                              'other instance in %s, use :noindex: for one of them'),
-                           name, other.docname, location=location)
-        self.objects[name] = ObjectEntry(self.env.docname, node_id, objtype, canonical)
+            if other.aliased and aliased is False:
+                # The original definition found. Override it!
+                pass
+            elif other.aliased is False and aliased:
+                # The original definition is already registered.
+                return
+            else:
+                # duplicated
+                logger.warning(__('duplicate object description of %s, '
+                                  'other instance in %s, use :noindex: for one of them'),
+                               name, other.docname, location=location)
+        self.objects[name] = ObjectEntry(self.env.docname, node_id, objtype, aliased)
 
     @property
     def modules(self) -> Dict[str, ModuleEntry]:
@@ -1326,8 +1334,8 @@ class PythonDomain(Domain):
             yield (modname, modname, 'module', mod.docname, mod.node_id, 0)
         for refname, obj in self.objects.items():
             if obj.objtype != 'module':  # modules are already handled
-                if obj.canonical:
-                    # canonical names are not full-text searchable.
+                if obj.aliased:
+                    # aliased names are not full-text searchable.
                     yield (refname, refname, obj.objtype, obj.docname, obj.node_id, -1)
                 else:
                     yield (refname, refname, obj.objtype, obj.docname, obj.node_id, 1)
diff --git a/tests/test_domain_py.py b/tests/test_domain_py.py
index 214cb58a0..e5616a6eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_domain_py.py
+++ b/tests/test_domain_py.py
@@ -870,6 +870,39 @@ def test_canonical(app):
     assert domain.objects['_io.StringIO'] == ('index', 'io.StringIO', 'class', True)
 
 
+def test_canonical_definition_overrides(app, warning):
+    text = (".. py:class:: io.StringIO\n"
+            "   :canonical: _io.StringIO\n"
+            ".. py:class:: _io.StringIO\n")
+    restructuredtext.parse(app, text)
+    assert warning.getvalue() == ""
+
+    domain = app.env.get_domain('py')
+    assert domain.objects['_io.StringIO'] == ('index', 'id0', 'class', False)
+
+
+def test_canonical_definition_skip(app, warning):
+    text = (".. py:class:: _io.StringIO\n"
+            ".. py:class:: io.StringIO\n"
+            "   :canonical: _io.StringIO\n")
+
+    restructuredtext.parse(app, text)
+    assert warning.getvalue() == ""
+
+    domain = app.env.get_domain('py')
+    assert domain.objects['_io.StringIO'] == ('index', 'io.StringIO', 'class', False)
+
+
+def test_canonical_duplicated(app, warning):
+    text = (".. py:class:: mypackage.StringIO\n"
+            "   :canonical: _io.StringIO\n"
+            ".. py:class:: io.StringIO\n"
+            "   :canonical: _io.StringIO\n")
+
+    restructuredtext.parse(app, text)
+    assert warning.getvalue() != ""
+
+
 def test_info_field_list(app):
     text = (".. py:module:: example\n"
             ".. py:class:: Class\n"