Updated "Use __dict__ and ignore __slots__ on classes #169

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes in sphinx-automodapi
 0.17.0 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
+- Fixes issue where ``__slots__`` hides class variables. [#181]
+
 - Minimum supported Python version is now 3.8. [#177]
 
 0.16.0 (2023-08-17)

sphinx_automodapi/automodsumm.py

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class members that are inherited from a base class. This value can be
 .. _sphinx.ext.inheritance_diagram: http://sphinx-doc.org/latest/ext/inheritance.html
 """
 
-import abc
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
@@ -555,25 +554,11 @@ def get_members_class(obj, typ, include_public=[],
                 items = []
 
                 # using dir gets all of the attributes, including the elements
-                # from the base class, otherwise use __slots__ or __dict__
+                # from the base class, otherwise use __dict__
                 if include_base:
                     names = dir(obj)
                 else:
-                    # Classes deriving from an ABC using the `abc` module will
-                    # have an empty `__slots__` attribute in Python 3, unless
-                    # other slots were declared along the inheritance chain. If
-                    # the ABC-derived class has empty slots, we'll use the
-                    # class `__dict__` instead.
-                    declares_slots = (
-                        hasattr(obj, '__slots__') and
-                        not (issubclass(type(obj), abc.ABCMeta) and
-                             len(obj.__slots__) == 0)
-                    )
-
-                    if declares_slots:
-                        names = tuple(getattr(obj, '__slots__'))
-                    else:
-                        names = getattr(obj, '__dict__').keys()
+                    names = getattr(obj, '__dict__').keys()
 
                 for name in names:
                     try:

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test classes that put attributes in `__slots__`.

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/input/index.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. automodapi:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/output/api/sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots.DerivedParam.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DerivedParam
+============
+
+.. currentmodule:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+
+.. autoclass:: DerivedParam
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Summary
+
+   .. autosummary::
+
+      ~DerivedParam.derived_from_slot_class_method
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Documentation
+
+   .. automethod:: derived_from_slot_class_method

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/output/api/sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots.DerivedSlotParam.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+DerivedSlotParam
+================
+
+.. currentmodule:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+
+.. autoclass:: DerivedSlotParam
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+   .. rubric:: Attributes Summary
+
+   .. autosummary::
+
+      ~DerivedSlotParam.extra_attr
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Summary
+
+   .. autosummary::
+
+      ~DerivedSlotParam.derived_from_slot_class_method
+
+   .. rubric:: Attributes Documentation
+
+   .. autoattribute:: extra_attr
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Documentation
+
+   .. automethod:: derived_from_slot_class_method

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/output/api/sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots.SlotDict.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+SlotDict
+========
+
+.. currentmodule:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+
+.. autoclass:: SlotDict
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+   .. rubric:: Attributes Summary
+
+   .. autosummary::
+
+      ~SlotDict.class_attr
+      ~SlotDict.instance_attr
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Summary
+
+   .. autosummary::
+
+      ~SlotDict.my_method
+
+   .. rubric:: Attributes Documentation
+
+   .. autoattribute:: class_attr
+   .. autoattribute:: instance_attr
+
+   .. rubric:: Methods Documentation
+
+   .. automethod:: my_method

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/output/index.rst.automodapi

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots Module
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+
+Classes
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. automodsumm:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+    :classes-only:
+    :toctree: api
+
+Class Inheritance Diagram
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. automod-diagram:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+    :private-bases:
+    :parts: 1

sphinx_automodapi/tests/cases/slots/output/index.rst.automodsumm

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.. currentmodule:: sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots
+
+.. autosummary::
+    :toctree: api
+
+    SlotDict
+    DerivedParam
+    DerivedSlotParam

sphinx_automodapi/tests/example_module/slots.py

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+"""Test classes containing __slots__
+
+Instance attributes named in ``__slots__`` can be introspected and are listed
+in the Attributes section of the class documentation. Class attributes are
+listed in the same section of the generated docs so docstrings should be used
+to distinguish class attributes vs instance attributes. Regular instance
+attributes are dynamically inserted into ``__dict__`` and cannot be reliably
+introspected so they're not included in the documentation.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+__all__ = ['SlotDict', 'DerivedParam', 'DerivedSlotParam',]
+
+
+class SlotDict(object):
+    """
+    A class that uses __slots__ and __dict__ for its attribute namespace.
+    """
+    __slots__ = {
+        "instance_attr": "instance attribute docstring can be added here",
+        "__dict__": None,   # Allows additional instance attributes to be added
+    }
+
+    class_attr = "class attribute value"
+    """(class attr) this is a class attribute."""
+
+    def __init__(self, param: str, other_param: str):
+        """
+        Initializes a SlotDict object.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        param : str
+            A parameter
+        other_param : str
+            Another parameter
+        """
+
+        self.instance_attr = param
+        """Instance attributes declared in slots can also define their docstring
+        here
+        """
+
+        if other_param is not None:
+            self.other_attr = other_param
+            """This instance attribute is dynamic (not declared in a slot) so
+            it's not included in the docs
+            """
+
+    def my_method(self):
+        """
+        Prints the SlotDict parameters.
+        """
+        print(f"instance_attr: {self.instance_attr}")
+        print(f"other_attr: {self.other_attr}")
+
+
+class DerivedParam(SlotDict):
+    """
+    Extends SlotDict by adding an extra parameter
+    """
+    def __init__(self, param: str, other_param: str, extra_param: str):
+        """
+        Initializes a DerivedParam object.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        param : str
+            A parameter
+        other_param : str
+            Another parameter
+        extra_param : str
+            An extra parameter
+        """
+        super(DerivedParam, self).__init__(param, other_param)
+        self.extra_attr = extra_param
+
+    def derived_from_slot_class_method(self):
+        """
+        Prints the DerivedParam parameters.
+        """
+        print(f"instance_attr: {self.instance_attr}")
+        print(f"other_attr: {self.other_attr}")
+        print(f"extra_attr: {self.extra_attr}")
+
+
+class DerivedSlotParam(SlotDict):
+    """
+    Extends SlotDict by adding a slot parameter
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ('extra_attr',)
+
+    def __init__(self, param: str, other_param: str, extra_param: str):
+        """
+        Initializes a DerivedSlotParam object.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        param : str
+            A parameter
+        other_param : str
+            Another parameter
+        extra_param : str
+            An extra parameter
+        """
+        super(DerivedSlotParam, self).__init__(param, other_param)
+        self.extra_attr = extra_param
+
+    def derived_from_slot_class_method(self):
+        """
+        Prints the DerivedSlotParam parameters.
+        """
+        print(f"instance_attr: {self.instance_attr}")
+        print(f"other_attr: {self.other_attr}")
+        print(f"extra_attr: {self.extra_attr}")

sphinx_automodapi/tests/test_cases.py

@@ -140,3 +140,13 @@ def test_duplicated_warning(tmpdir):
         os.chdir(start_dir)
 
     assert status == 0
+
+
+def test_slots_example():
+    """Basic tests for slots example module"""
+    from sphinx_automodapi.tests.example_module.slots import (
+        SlotDict, DerivedParam, DerivedSlotParam
+    )
+    SlotDict('param', 'other_param').my_method()
+    DerivedParam('param', 'other_param', 'extra_param').derived_from_slot_class_method()
+    DerivedSlotParam('param', 'other_param', 'extra_param').derived_from_slot_class_method()