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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
index 405d24c88..b9c73f87e 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ try:
except ImportError:
typing = None
+# This type isn't exposed directly in any modules, but can be found
+# here in most Python versions
+MethodDescriptorType = type(type.__subclasses__)
+
+
#: extended signature RE: with explicit module name separated by ::
py_ext_sig_re = re.compile(
r'''^ ([\w.]+::)? # explicit module name
@@ -1466,10 +1471,13 @@ class AttributeDocumenter(DocstringStripSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):
@classmethod
def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
+ non_attr_types = cls.method_types + (type, MethodDescriptorType)
isdatadesc = isdescriptor(member) and not \
- isinstance(member, cls.method_types) and not \
- type(member).__name__ in ("type", "method_descriptor",
- "instancemethod")
+ isinstance(member, non_attr_types) and not \
+ type(member).__name__ == "instancemethod"
+ # That last condition addresses an obscure case of C-defined
+ # methods using a deprecated type in Python 3, that is not otherwise
+ # exported anywhere by Python
return isdatadesc or (not isinstance(parent, ModuleDocumenter) and
not inspect.isroutine(member) and
not isinstance(member, class_types))