sphinx-doc / sphinx-doc/sphinx

Undocumented members include by automodule when only :members: specified.

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Description

Describe the bug

It appears there's been a regression at some point and with v4.2.0, undocumented members are being included by automodule.

How to Reproduce

Here's the source:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplistix/sybil/8ba210ff3ac33a50dc3611a9153c67dae05e6919/docs/api.rst

Here's a link to the rendering:
https://sybil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#sybil.parsers.capture.DocumentReverseIterator

(although I may have to work around it...)

Expected behavior

Undocumented members such as DocumentReverseIterator and SybilFailure should not be included, unless :undoc-members: is specified.

Your project

https://github.com/simplistix/sybil/

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OS

linux

Python version

3.7

Sphinx version

4.2.0

Sphinx extensions

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Research direction

Start by reading the referenced docs/api.rst and reproduce the automodule output with Sphinx 4.2.0. Compare the documented members with sybil/parsers/capture.py and sybil/example.py, especially DocumentReverseIterator and SybilFailure. Done means undocumented members are excluded when only :members: is specified and included only when :undoc-members: is present.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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