Be extra cautious to not use \@arabic in \thesphinxscope

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index cfe2164c1..d74e6360b 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -847,6 +847,11 @@
 % Support scopes for footnote numbering
 \newcounter{sphinxscope}
 \newcommand{\sphinxstepscope}{\stepcounter{sphinxscope}}
+% Some babel/polyglossia languages fiddle with \@arabic, so let's be extra
+% cautious and redefine \thesphinxscope with \number not \@arabic.
+% Memo: we expect some subtle redefinition of \thesphinxscope to be a part of page
+% scoping for footnotes, when we shall implement it.
+\renewcommand{\thesphinxscope}{\number\value{sphinxscope}}
 % Support large numbered footnotes in minipage
 % But now obsolete due to systematic use of \savenotes/\spewnotes
 % when minipages are in use in the various macro definitions next.