add item even if it could not be imported

[Chilipp]

partially reverts 1dcfc44 from #7661

Subject: Add an item to the autosummary table, even if it cannot be imported

Feature or Bugfix

• Bugfix

Purpose

Not sure if this was removed by accident in #7661, but the following line has been removed in 1dcfc44

sphinx/sphinx/ext/autosummary/__init__.py

Line 306 in 1771bbb

items.append((name, '', '', name))

I am readding it here and use the display_name instead of the name (makes more sense, doesn't it?). The reason, why I am interested in is, that otherwise instance attributes are skipped entirely with the autosummary directive.

Relates

• Fix autosummary directive wrong processing for invalid modules. #7661

[tk0miya]

It's a main purpose of #7661, so this is expected. But I understand your case. So it would be better to improve autosummary in other way. I consider how to check the existence of instance attributes (without importing). So please wait for a whole.

[Chilipp]

I see. Thanks @tk0miya for this feedback. Shall I close this PR then and open an issue instead?

[tk0miya]

Yes, please.

[Chilipp]

closing this in favor of #8011