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diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
index 74d25af64..213082795 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
import re
import sys
import inspect
-from types import FunctionType, BuiltinFunctionType, MethodType, ClassType
+from types import FunctionType, BuiltinFunctionType, MethodType
from docutils import nodes
from docutils.utils import assemble_option_dict
@@ -27,15 +27,10 @@ from sphinx.application import ExtensionError
from sphinx.util.nodes import nested_parse_with_titles
from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
from sphinx.util.inspect import isdescriptor, safe_getmembers, safe_getattr
+from sphinx.util.pycompat import base_exception, class_types
from sphinx.util.docstrings import prepare_docstring
-try:
- base_exception = BaseException
-except NameError:
- base_exception = Exception
-
-
#: extended signature RE: with explicit module name separated by ::
py_ext_sig_re = re.compile(
r'''^ ([\w.]+::)? # explicit module name
@@ -90,7 +85,8 @@ def members_set_option(arg):
def bool_option(arg):
"""Used to convert flag options to auto directives. (Instead of
- directives.flag(), which returns None.)"""
+ directives.flag(), which returns None).
+ """
return True
@@ -138,8 +134,7 @@ class AutodocReporter(object):
# Some useful event listener factories for autodoc-process-docstring.
def cut_lines(pre, post=0, what=None):
- """
- Return a listener that removes the first *pre* and last *post*
+ """Return a listener that removes the first *pre* and last *post*
lines of every docstring. If *what* is a sequence of strings,
only docstrings of a type in *what* will be processed.
@@ -165,9 +160,8 @@ def cut_lines(pre, post=0, what=None):
return process
def between(marker, what=None, keepempty=False, exclude=False):
- """
- Return a listener that either keeps, or if *exclude* is True excludes, lines
- between lines that match the *marker* regular expression. If no line
+ """Return a listener that either keeps, or if *exclude* is True excludes,
+ lines between lines that match the *marker* regular expression. If no line
matches, the resulting docstring would be empty, so no change will be made
unless *keepempty* is true.
@@ -256,6 +250,9 @@ class Documenter(object):
self.retann = None
# the object to document (set after import_object succeeds)
self.object = None
+ self.object_name = None
+ # the parent/owner of the object to document
+ self.parent = None
# the module analyzer to get at attribute docs, or None
self.analyzer = None
@@ -264,8 +261,7 @@ class Documenter(object):
self.directive.result.append(self.indent + line, source, *lineno)
def resolve_name(self, modname, parents, path, base):
- """
- Resolve the module and name of the object to document given by the
+ """Resolve the module and name of the object to document given by the
arguments and the current module/class.
Must return a pair of the module name and a chain of attributes; for
@@ -275,8 +271,7 @@ class Documenter(object):
raise NotImplementedError('must be implemented in subclasses')
def parse_name(self):
- """
- Determine what module to import and what attribute to document.
+ """Determine what module to import and what attribute to document.
Returns True and sets *self.modname*, *self.objpath*, *self.fullname*,
*self.args* and *self.retann* if parsing and resolving was successful.
@@ -313,17 +308,20 @@ class Documenter(object):
return True
def import_object(self):
- """
- Import the object given by *self.modname* and *self.objpath* and sets
+ """Import the object given by *self.modname* and *self.objpath* and set
it as *self.object*.
Returns True if successful, False if an error occurred.
"""
try:
__import__(self.modname)
+ parent = None
obj = self.module = sys.modules[self.modname]
for part in self.objpath:
+ parent = obj
obj = self.get_attr(obj, part)
+ self.object_name = part
+ self.parent = parent
self.object = obj
return True
# this used to only catch SyntaxError, ImportError and AttributeError,
@@ -336,15 +334,15 @@ class Documenter(object):
return False
def get_real_modname(self):
- """
- Get the real module name of an object to document. (It can differ
- from the name of the module through which the object was imported.)
+ """Get the real module name of an object to document.
+
+ It can differ from the name of the module through which the object was
+ imported.
"""
return self.get_attr(self.object, '__module__', None) or self.modname
def check_module(self):
- """
- Check if *self.object* is really defined in the module given by
+ """Check if *self.object* is really defined in the module given by
*self.modname*.
"""
modname = self.get_attr(self.object, '__module__', None)
@@ -353,25 +351,26 @@ class Documenter(object):
return True
def format_args(self):
- """
- Format the argument signature of *self.object*. Should return None if
- the object does not have a signature.
+ """Format the argument signature of *self.object*.
+
+ Should return None if the object does not have a signature.
"""
return None
def format_name(self):
- """
- Format the name of *self.object*. This normally should be something
- that can be parsed by the generated directive, but doesn't need to be
- (Sphinx will display it unparsed then).
+ """Format the name of *self.object*.
+
+ This normally should be something that can be parsed by the generated
+ directive, but doesn't need to be (Sphinx will display it unparsed
+ then).
"""
# normally the name doesn't contain the module (except for module
# directives of course)
return '.'.join(self.objpath) or self.modname
def format_signature(self):
- """
- Format the signature (arguments and return annotation) of the object.
+ """Format the signature (arguments and return annotation) of the object.
+
Let the user process it via the ``autodoc-process-signature`` event.
"""
if self.args is not None:
@@ -413,13 +412,15 @@ class Documenter(object):
# etc. don't support a prepended module name
self.add_line(u' :module: %s' % self.modname, '<autodoc>')
- def get_doc(self, encoding=None):
+ def get_doc(self, encoding=None, ignore=1):
"""Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object."""
docstring = self.get_attr(self.object, '__doc__', None)
- if docstring:
- # make sure we have Unicode docstrings, then sanitize and split
- # into lines
- return [prepare_docstring(force_decode(docstring, encoding))]
+ # make sure we have Unicode docstrings, then sanitize and split
+ # into lines
+ if isinstance(docstring, unicode):
+ return [prepare_docstring(docstring, ignore)]
+ elif docstring:
+ return [prepare_docstring(force_decode(docstring, encoding), ignore)]
return []
def process_doc(self, docstrings):
@@ -438,8 +439,11 @@ class Documenter(object):
# set sourcename and add content from attribute documentation
if self.analyzer:
# prevent encoding errors when the file name is non-ASCII
- filename = unicode(self.analyzer.srcname,
- sys.getfilesystemencoding(), 'replace')
+ if not isinstance(self.analyzer.srcname, unicode):
+ filename = unicode(self.analyzer.srcname,
+ sys.getfilesystemencoding(), 'replace')
+ else:
+ filename = self.analyzer.srcname
sourcename = u'%s:docstring of %s' % (filename, self.fullname)
attr_docs = self.analyzer.find_attr_docs()
@@ -471,8 +475,7 @@ class Documenter(object):
self.add_line(line, src[0], src[1])
def get_object_members(self, want_all):
- """
- Return `(members_check_module, members)` where `members` is a
+ """Return `(members_check_module, members)` where `members` is a
list of `(membername, member)` pairs of the members of *self.object*.
If *want_all* is True, return all members. Else, only return those
@@ -516,11 +519,15 @@ class Documenter(object):
return False, sorted(members)
def filter_members(self, members, want_all):
- """
- Filter the given member list: members are skipped if
+ """Filter the given member list.
- - they are private (except if given explicitly)
- - they are undocumented (except if undoc-members is given)
+ Members are skipped if
+
+ - they are private (except if given explicitly or the private-members
+ option is set)
+ - they are special methods (except if given explicitly or the
+ special-members option is set)
+ - they are undocumented (except if the undoc-members option is set)
The user can override the skipping decision by connecting to the
``autodoc-skip-member`` event.
@@ -540,9 +547,13 @@ class Documenter(object):
# if isattr is True, the member is documented as an attribute
isattr = False
- if want_all and membername.startswith('_'):
+ if want_all and membername.startswith('__') and \
+ membername.endswith('__') and len(membername) > 4:
+ # special __methods__
+ skip = not self.options.special_members
+ elif want_all and membername.startswith('_'):
# ignore members whose name starts with _ by default
- skip = True
+ skip = not self.options.private_members
elif (namespace, membername) in attr_docs:
# keep documented attributes
skip = False
@@ -570,9 +581,10 @@ class Documenter(object):
return ret
def document_members(self, all_members=False):
- """
- Generate reST for member documentation. If *all_members* is True,
- do all members, else those given by *self.options.members*.
+ """Generate reST for member documentation.
+
+ If *all_members* is True, do all members, else those given by
+ *self.options.members*.
"""
# set current namespace for finding members
self.env.temp_data['autodoc:module'] = self.modname
@@ -630,8 +642,8 @@ class Documenter(object):
def generate(self, more_content=None, real_modname=None,
check_module=False, all_members=False):
- """
- Generate reST for the object given by *self.name*, and possibly members.
+ """Generate reST for the object given by *self.name*, and possibly for
+ its members.
If *more_content* is given, include that content. If *real_modname* is
given, use that module name to find attribute docs. If *check_module* is
@@ -713,6 +725,7 @@ class ModuleDocumenter(Documenter):
'show-inheritance': bool_option, 'synopsis': identity,
'platform': identity, 'deprecated': bool_option,
'member-order': identity, 'exclude-members': members_set_option,
+ 'private-members': bool_option, 'special-members': bool_option,
}
@classmethod
@@ -819,7 +832,53 @@ class ClassLevelDocumenter(Documenter):
return modname, parents + [base]
-class FunctionDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
+class DocstringSignatureMixin(object):
+ """
+ Mixin for FunctionDocumenter and MethodDocumenter to provide the
+ feature of reading the signature from the docstring.
+ """
+
+ def _find_signature(self, encoding=None):
+ docstrings = Documenter.get_doc(self, encoding, 2)
+ if len(docstrings) != 1:
+ return
+ doclines = docstrings[0]
+ setattr(self, '__new_doclines', doclines)
+ if not doclines:
+ return
+ # match first line of docstring against signature RE
+ match = py_ext_sig_re.match(doclines[0])
+ if not match:
+ return
+ exmod, path, base, args, retann = match.groups()
+ # the base name must match ours
+ if not self.objpath or base != self.objpath[-1]:
+ return
+ # ok, now jump over remaining empty lines and set the remaining
+ # lines as the new doclines
+ i = 1
+ while i < len(doclines) and not doclines[i].strip():
+ i += 1
+ setattr(self, '__new_doclines', doclines[i:])
+ return args, retann
+
+ def get_doc(self, encoding=None, ignore=1):
+ lines = getattr(self, '__new_doclines', None)
+ if lines is not None:
+ return [lines]
+ return Documenter.get_doc(self, encoding, ignore)
+
+ def format_signature(self):
+ if self.args is None and self.env.config.autodoc_docstring_signature:
+ # only act if a signature is not explicitly given already, and if
+ # the feature is enabled
+ result = self._find_signature()
+ if result is not None:
+ self.args, self.retann = result
+ return Documenter.format_signature(self)
+
+
+class FunctionDocumenter(DocstringSignatureMixin, ModuleLevelDocumenter):
"""
Specialized Documenter subclass for functions.
"""
@@ -833,8 +892,8 @@ class FunctionDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
def format_args(self):
if inspect.isbuiltin(self.object) or \
inspect.ismethoddescriptor(self.object):
- # can never get arguments of a C function or method
- return None
+ # cannot introspect arguments of a C function or method
+ pass
try:
argspec = inspect.getargspec(self.object)
except TypeError:
@@ -867,11 +926,12 @@ class ClassDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
'noindex': bool_option, 'inherited-members': bool_option,
'show-inheritance': bool_option, 'member-order': identity,
'exclude-members': members_set_option,
+ 'private-members': bool_option, 'special-members': bool_option,
}
@classmethod
def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
- return isinstance(member, (type, ClassType))
+ return isinstance(member, class_types)
def import_object(self):
ret = ModuleLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
@@ -923,7 +983,7 @@ class ClassDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
self.add_line(_(u' Bases: %s') % ', '.join(bases),
'<autodoc>')
- def get_doc(self, encoding=None):
+ def get_doc(self, encoding=None, ignore=1):
content = self.env.config.autoclass_content
docstrings = []
@@ -944,9 +1004,12 @@ class ClassDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
docstrings = [initdocstring]
else:
docstrings.append(initdocstring)
-
- return [prepare_docstring(force_decode(docstring, encoding))
- for docstring in docstrings]
+ doc = []
+ for docstring in docstrings:
+ if not isinstance(docstring, unicode):
+ docstring = force_decode(docstring, encoding)
+ doc.append(prepare_docstring(docstring))
+ return doc
def add_content(self, more_content, no_docstring=False):
if self.doc_as_attr:
@@ -977,7 +1040,7 @@ class ExceptionDocumenter(ClassDocumenter):
@classmethod
def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
- return isinstance(member, (type, ClassType)) and \
+ return isinstance(member, class_types) and \
issubclass(member, base_exception)
@@ -996,7 +1059,7 @@ class DataDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
pass
-class MethodDocumenter(ClassLevelDocumenter):
+class MethodDocumenter(DocstringSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):
"""
Specialized Documenter subclass for methods (normal, static and class).
"""
@@ -1009,24 +1072,38 @@ class MethodDocumenter(ClassLevelDocumenter):
return inspect.isroutine(member) and \
not isinstance(parent, ModuleDocumenter)
- def import_object(self):
- ret = ClassLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
- if isinstance(self.object, classmethod) or \
- (isinstance(self.object, MethodType) and
- self.object.im_self is not None):
- self.directivetype = 'classmethod'
- # document class and static members before ordinary ones
- self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
- elif isinstance(self.object, FunctionType) or \
- (isinstance(self.object, BuiltinFunctionType) and
- hasattr(self.object, '__self__') and
- self.object.__self__ is not None):
- self.directivetype = 'staticmethod'
- # document class and static members before ordinary ones
- self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
- else:
- self.directivetype = 'method'
- return ret
+ if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+ def import_object(self):
+ ret = ClassLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
+ obj_from_parent = self.parent.__dict__.get(self.object_name)
+ if isinstance(obj_from_parent, classmethod):
+ self.directivetype = 'classmethod'
+ self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
+ elif isinstance(obj_from_parent, staticmethod):
+ self.directivetype = 'staticmethod'
+ self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
+ else:
+ self.directivetype = 'method'
+ return ret
+ else:
+ def import_object(self):
+ ret = ClassLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
+ if isinstance(self.object, classmethod) or \
+ (isinstance(self.object, MethodType) and
+ self.object.im_self is not None):
+ self.directivetype = 'classmethod'
+ # document class and static members before ordinary ones
+ self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
+ elif isinstance(self.object, FunctionType) or \
+ (isinstance(self.object, BuiltinFunctionType) and
+ hasattr(self.object, '__self__') and
+ self.object.__self__ is not None):
+ self.directivetype = 'staticmethod'
+ # document class and static members before ordinary ones
+ self.member_order = self.member_order - 1
+ else:
+ self.directivetype = 'method'
+ return ret
def format_args(self):
if inspect.isbuiltin(self.object) or \
@@ -1116,8 +1193,10 @@ class AutoDirective(Directive):
_special_attrgetters = {}
# flags that can be given in autodoc_default_flags
- _default_flags = set(['members', 'undoc-members', 'inherited-members',
- 'show-inheritance'])
+ _default_flags = set([
+ 'members', 'undoc-members', 'inherited-members', 'show-inheritance',
+ 'private-members', 'special-members',
+ ])
# standard docutils directive settings
has_content = True
@@ -1207,6 +1286,7 @@ def setup(app):
app.add_config_value('autoclass_content', 'class', True)
app.add_config_value('autodoc_member_order', 'alphabetic', True)
app.add_config_value('autodoc_default_flags', [], True)
+ app.add_config_value('autodoc_docstring_signature', True, True)
app.add_event('autodoc-process-docstring')
app.add_event('autodoc-process-signature')
app.add_event('autodoc-skip-member')