Support typing_extensions.Unpack

pyproject.toml

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ test = [
     "defusedxml>=0.7.1", # for secure XML/HTML parsing
     "cython>=3.0",
     "setuptools>=67.0",  # for Cython compilation
+    "typing_extensions",  # for typing_extensions.Unpack
 ]
 
 [[project.authors]]

sphinx/util/typing.py

@@ -178,14 +178,31 @@ def _is_annotated_form(obj: Any) -> TypeIs[Annotated[Any, ...]]:
     return typing.get_origin(obj) is Annotated or str(obj).startswith('typing.Annotated')
 
 
+def _is_unpack_form(obj: Any) -> bool:
+    """Check if the object is :class:`typing.Unpack` or equivalent."""
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        from typing import Unpack
+
+        # typing_extensions.Unpack != typing.Unpack for 3.11, but we assume
+        # that typing_extensions.Unpack should not be used in that case
+        return typing.get_origin(obj) is Unpack
+
+    # 3.9 and 3.10 require typing_extensions.Unpack
+    origin = typing.get_origin(obj)
+    return (
+        getattr(origin, '__module__', None) == 'typing_extensions'
+        and _typing_internal_name(origin) == 'Unpack'
+    )
+
+
 def _typing_internal_name(obj: Any) -> str | None:
     if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10):
         return obj.__name__
     return getattr(obj, '_name', None)
 
 
 def restify(cls: Any, mode: _RestifyMode = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> str:
-    """Convert python class to a reST reference.
+    """Convert a type-like object to a reST reference.
 
     :param mode: Specify a method how annotations will be stringified.
 
@@ -252,6 +269,9 @@ def restify(cls: Any, mode: _RestifyMode = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> s
             # *cls* is defined in ``typing``, and thus ``__args__`` must exist
             return ' | '.join(restify(a, mode) for a in cls.__args__)
         elif inspect.isgenericalias(cls):
+            # A generic alias always has an __origin__, but it is difficult to
+            # use a type guard on inspect.isgenericalias()
+            # (ideally, we would use ``TypeIs`` introduced in Python 3.13).
             cls_name = _typing_internal_name(cls)
 
             if isinstance(cls.__origin__, typing._SpecialForm):
@@ -298,7 +318,7 @@ def restify(cls: Any, mode: _RestifyMode = 'fully-qualified-except-typing') -> s
         elif isinstance(cls, ForwardRef):
             return f':py:class:`{cls.__forward_arg__}`'
         else:
-            # not a class (ex. TypeVar)
+            # not a class (ex. TypeVar) but should have a __name__
             return f':py:obj:`{module_prefix}{cls.__module__}.{cls.__name__}`'
     except (AttributeError, TypeError):
         return inspect.object_description(cls)
@@ -366,7 +386,8 @@ def stringify_annotation(
     annotation_module_is_typing = annotation_module == 'typing'
 
     # Extract the annotation's base type by considering formattable cases
-    if isinstance(annotation, TypeVar):
+    if isinstance(annotation, TypeVar) and not _is_unpack_form(annotation):
+        # typing_extensions.Unpack is incorrectly determined as a TypeVar
         if annotation_module_is_typing and mode in {'fully-qualified-except-typing', 'smart'}:
             return annotation_name
         return module_prefix + f'{annotation_module}.{annotation_name}'
@@ -391,6 +412,7 @@ def stringify_annotation(
         # PEP 585 generic
         if not args:  # Empty tuple, list, ...
             return repr(annotation)
+
         concatenated_args = ', '.join(stringify_annotation(arg, mode) for arg in args)
         return f'{annotation_qualname}[{concatenated_args}]'
     else:
@@ -404,6 +426,8 @@ def stringify_annotation(
             module_prefix = f'~{module_prefix}'
         if annotation_module_is_typing and mode == 'fully-qualified-except-typing':
             module_prefix = ''
+    elif _is_unpack_form(annotation) and annotation_module == 'typing_extensions':
+        module_prefix = '~' if mode == 'smart' else ''
     else:
         module_prefix = ''
 
@@ -412,9 +436,8 @@ def stringify_annotation(
             # handle ForwardRefs
             qualname = annotation_forward_arg
         else:
-            _name = getattr(annotation, '_name', '')
-            if _name:
-                qualname = _name
+            if internal_name := _typing_internal_name(annotation):
+                qualname = internal_name
             elif annotation_qualname:
                 qualname = annotation_qualname
             else:

tests/test_util/test_util_typing.py

@@ -332,6 +332,30 @@ def test_restify_pep_585():
                                                       ":py:class:`int`]")
 
 
+def test_restify_Unpack():
+    from typing_extensions import Unpack as UnpackCompat
+
+    class X(t.TypedDict):
+        x: int
+        y: int
+        label: str
+
+    # Unpack is considered as typing special form so we always have '~'
+    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 12):
+        expect = r':py:obj:`~typing.Unpack`\ [:py:class:`X`]'
+        assert restify(UnpackCompat['X'], 'fully-qualified-except-typing') == expect
+        assert restify(UnpackCompat['X'], 'smart') == expect
+    else:
+        expect = r':py:obj:`~typing_extensions.Unpack`\ [:py:class:`X`]'
+        assert restify(UnpackCompat['X'], 'fully-qualified-except-typing') == expect
+        assert restify(UnpackCompat['X'], 'smart') == expect
+
+    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 11):
+        expect = r':py:obj:`~typing.Unpack`\ [:py:class:`X`]'
+        assert restify(t.Unpack['X'], 'fully-qualified-except-typing') == expect
+        assert restify(t.Unpack['X'], 'smart') == expect
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info[:2] <= (3, 9), reason='python 3.10+ is required.')
 def test_restify_type_union_operator():
     assert restify(int | None) == ":py:class:`int` | :py:obj:`None`"  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
@@ -480,6 +504,32 @@ def test_stringify_Annotated():
     assert stringify_annotation(Annotated[str, "foo", "bar"], "smart") == "str"
 
 
+def test_stringify_Unpack():
+    from typing_extensions import Unpack as UnpackCompat
+
+    class X(t.TypedDict):
+        x: int
+        y: int
+        label: str
+
+    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 11):
+        # typing.Unpack is introduced in 3.11 but typing_extensions.Unpack only
+        # uses typing.Unpack in 3.12+, so the objects are not synchronised with
+        # each other, but we will assume that users use typing.Unpack.
+        import typing
+
+        UnpackCompat = typing.Unpack  # NoQA: F811
+        assert stringify_annotation(UnpackCompat['X']) == 'Unpack[X]'
+        assert stringify_annotation(UnpackCompat['X'], 'smart') == '~typing.Unpack[X]'
+    else:
+        assert stringify_annotation(UnpackCompat['X']) == 'typing_extensions.Unpack[X]'
+        assert stringify_annotation(UnpackCompat['X'], 'smart') == '~typing_extensions.Unpack[X]'
+
+    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 11):
+        assert stringify_annotation(t.Unpack['X']) == 'Unpack[X]'
+        assert stringify_annotation(t.Unpack['X'], 'smart') == '~typing.Unpack[X]'
+
+
 def test_stringify_type_hints_string():
     assert stringify_annotation("int", 'fully-qualified-except-typing') == "int"
     assert stringify_annotation("int", 'fully-qualified') == "int"