[Python-modules-team] Bug#527496: python-webob: FTBFS: 'datetime.timedelta' object has no attribute '__name__'

[Jakub Wilk]

clone 527496 -1
severity -1 minor
reassign -1 python-sphinx 0.6.2-1
retitle -1 python-sphinx: better error message needed when using autoclass with a non-class
tags 527496 + patch
thanks

* Daniel Schepler <dschepler at gmail.com>, 2009-05-07, 13:54:
>...
>mkdir docs/_static # Sphinx needs it
>PYTHONPATH=. sphinx-build -N -q -E -b html docs/ debian/python-webob/usr/share/doc/python-webob/docs/
>Exception occurred:
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py", line 844, in import_object
>    self.doc_as_attr = (self.objpath[-1] != self.object.__name__)
>AttributeError: 'datetime.timedelta' object has no attribute '__name__'
>The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-gkORHk.log, if you want to report the issue to the author.
>Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
>Send reports to sphinx-dev at googlegroups.com. Thanks!
>make: *** [build-docs] Error 1
Thanks for your report.

The attached patch fixes the problem.

However, python-sphinx should in such a situation (i.e. somebody uses 
autoclass directive on something that is not a class) give a more 
helpful error message.

-- 
Jakub Wilk
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