Close #8236: napoleon: Support numpydoc's "Receives" section

CHANGES

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Features added
 * #8460: autodoc: Support custom types defined by typing.NewType
 * #8285: napoleon: Add :confval:`napoleon_attr_annotations` to merge type hints
   on source code automatically if any type is specified in docstring
+* #8236: napoleon: Support numpydoc's "Receives" section
 * #6914: Add a new event :event:`warn-missing-reference` to custom warning
   messages when failed to resolve a cross-reference
 * #6914: Emit a detailed warning when failed to resolve a ``:ref:`` reference

sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py

@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ def __init__(self, docstring: Union[str, List[str]], config: SphinxConfig = None
                 'notes': self._parse_notes_section,
                 'other parameters': self._parse_other_parameters_section,
                 'parameters': self._parse_parameters_section,
+                'receive': self._parse_receives_section,
+                'receives': self._parse_receives_section,
                 'return': self._parse_returns_section,
                 'returns': self._parse_returns_section,
                 'raise': self._parse_raises_section,
@@ -714,6 +716,15 @@ def _parse_raises_section(self, section: str) -> List[str]:
             lines.append('')
         return lines
 
+    def _parse_receives_section(self, section: str) -> List[str]:
+        if self._config.napoleon_use_param:
+            # Allow to declare multiple parameters at once (ex: x, y: int)
+            fields = self._consume_fields(multiple=True)
+            return self._format_docutils_params(fields)
+        else:
+            fields = self._consume_fields()
+            return self._format_fields(_('Receives'), fields)
+
     def _parse_references_section(self, section: str) -> List[str]:
         use_admonition = self._config.napoleon_use_admonition_for_references
         return self._parse_generic_section(_('References'), use_admonition)

tests/test_ext_napoleon_docstring.py

@@ -303,6 +303,34 @@ class GoogleDocstringTest(BaseDocstringTest):
         """
         Single line summary
 
+        Receive:
+          arg1 (list(int)): Description
+          arg2 (list[int]): Description
+        """,
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        :Receives: * **arg1** (*list(int)*) -- Description
+                   * **arg2** (*list[int]*) -- Description
+        """
+    ), (
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        Receives:
+          arg1 (list(int)): Description
+          arg2 (list[int]): Description
+        """,
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        :Receives: * **arg1** (*list(int)*) -- Description
+                   * **arg2** (*list[int]*) -- Description
+        """
+    ), (
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
         Yield:
           str:Extended
           description of yielded value
@@ -1263,6 +1291,48 @@ class NumpyDocstringTest(BaseDocstringTest):
         """
         Single line summary
 
+        Receive
+        -------
+        arg1:str
+            Extended
+            description of arg1
+        arg2 : int
+            Extended
+            description of arg2
+        """,
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        :Receives: * **arg1** (:class:`str`) -- Extended
+                     description of arg1
+                   * **arg2** (:class:`int`) -- Extended
+                     description of arg2
+        """
+    ), (
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        Receives
+        --------
+        arg1:str
+            Extended
+            description of arg1
+        arg2 : int
+            Extended
+            description of arg2
+        """,
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
+        :Receives: * **arg1** (:class:`str`) -- Extended
+                     description of arg1
+                   * **arg2** (:class:`int`) -- Extended
+                     description of arg2
+        """
+    ), (
+        """
+        Single line summary
+
         Yield
         -----
         str