Merge pull request #8695 from tk0miya/8514_default_value_of_overloads

Close #8514: autodoc: Default values of overloads are taken from actual implementation

CHANGES

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Features added
 * #8022: autodoc: autodata and autoattribute directives does not show right-hand
   value of the variable if docstring contains ``:meta hide-value:`` in
   info-field-list
+* #8514: autodoc: Default values of overloaded functions are taken from actual
+  implementation if they're ellipsis
 * #8619: html: kbd role generates customizable HTML tags for compound keys
 * #8634: html: Allow to change the order of JS/CSS via ``priority`` parameter
   for :meth:`Sphinx.add_js_file()` and :meth:`Sphinx.add_css_file()`

sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py

@@ -1355,8 +1355,11 @@ def format_signature(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
                     documenter.objpath = [None]
                     sigs.append(documenter.format_signature())
         if overloaded:
+            actual = inspect.signature(self.object,
+                                       type_aliases=self.config.autodoc_type_aliases)
             __globals__ = safe_getattr(self.object, '__globals__', {})
             for overload in self.analyzer.overloads.get('.'.join(self.objpath)):
+                overload = self.merge_default_value(actual, overload)
                 overload = evaluate_signature(overload, __globals__,
                                               self.config.autodoc_type_aliases)
 
@@ -1365,6 +1368,16 @@ def format_signature(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
 
         return "\n".join(sigs)
 
+    def merge_default_value(self, actual: Signature, overload: Signature) -> Signature:
+        """Merge default values of actual implementation to the overload variants."""
+        parameters = list(overload.parameters.values())
+        for i, param in enumerate(parameters):
+            actual_param = actual.parameters.get(param.name)
+            if actual_param and param.default == '...':
+                parameters[i] = param.replace(default=actual_param.default)
+
+        return overload.replace(parameters=parameters)
+
     def annotate_to_first_argument(self, func: Callable, typ: Type) -> None:
         """Annotate type hint to the first argument of function if needed."""
         try:
@@ -2117,8 +2130,16 @@ def format_signature(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
                     documenter.objpath = [None]
                     sigs.append(documenter.format_signature())
         if overloaded:
+            if inspect.isstaticmethod(self.object, cls=self.parent, name=self.object_name):
+                actual = inspect.signature(self.object, bound_method=False,
+                                           type_aliases=self.config.autodoc_type_aliases)
+            else:
+                actual = inspect.signature(self.object, bound_method=True,
+                                           type_aliases=self.config.autodoc_type_aliases)
+
             __globals__ = safe_getattr(self.object, '__globals__', {})
             for overload in self.analyzer.overloads.get('.'.join(self.objpath)):
+                overload = self.merge_default_value(actual, overload)
                 overload = evaluate_signature(overload, __globals__,
                                               self.config.autodoc_type_aliases)
 
@@ -2131,6 +2152,16 @@ def format_signature(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
 
         return "\n".join(sigs)
 
+    def merge_default_value(self, actual: Signature, overload: Signature) -> Signature:
+        """Merge default values of actual implementation to the overload variants."""
+        parameters = list(overload.parameters.values())
+        for i, param in enumerate(parameters):
+            actual_param = actual.parameters.get(param.name)
+            if actual_param and param.default == '...':
+                parameters[i] = param.replace(default=actual_param.default)
+
+        return overload.replace(parameters=parameters)
+
     def annotate_to_first_argument(self, func: Callable, typ: Type) -> None:
         """Annotate type hint to the first argument of function if needed."""
         try:

tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/overload.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def sum(x: str, y: str = ...) -> str:
     ...
 
 
-def sum(x, y):
+def sum(x, y=None):
     """docstring"""
     return x + y
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def sum(self, x: "float", y: "float" = 0.0) -> "float":
     def sum(self, x: str, y: str = ...) -> str:
         ...
 
-    def sum(self, x, y):
+    def sum(self, x, y=None):
         """docstring"""
         return x + y
 

tests/test_ext_autodoc.py

@@ -2080,15 +2080,15 @@ def test_overload(app):
         '',
         '   .. py:method:: Math.sum(x: int, y: int = 0) -> int',
         '                  Math.sum(x: float, y: float = 0.0) -> float',
-        '                  Math.sum(x: str, y: str = ...) -> str',
+        '                  Math.sum(x: str, y: str = None) -> str',
         '      :module: target.overload',
         '',
         '      docstring',
         '',
         '',
         '.. py:function:: sum(x: int, y: int = 0) -> int',
         '                 sum(x: float, y: float = 0.0) -> float',
-        '                 sum(x: str, y: str = ...) -> str',
+        '                 sum(x: str, y: str = None) -> str',
         '   :module: target.overload',
         '',
         '   docstring',

tests/test_ext_autodoc_configs.py

@@ -647,13 +647,13 @@ def test_autodoc_typehints_none_for_overload(app):
         '   docstring',
         '',
         '',
-        '   .. py:method:: Math.sum(x, y)',
+        '   .. py:method:: Math.sum(x, y=None)',
         '      :module: target.overload',
         '',
         '      docstring',
         '',
         '',
-        '.. py:function:: sum(x, y)',
+        '.. py:function:: sum(x, y=None)',
         '   :module: target.overload',
         '',
         '   docstring',