Close #9560: autodoc: Allow to refer NewType with modname in py310+

CHANGES

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Features added
 
 * #9445: autodoc: Support class properties
 * #9479: autodoc: Emit a warning if target is a mocked object
+* #9560: autodoc: Allow to refer NewType instances with module name in Python
+  3.10 or above
 * #9447: html theme: Expose the version of Sphinx in the form of tuple as a
   template variable ``sphinx_version_tuple``
 * #9445: py domain: ``:py:property:`` directive supports ``:classmethod:``

sphinx/util/typing.py

@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ def restify(cls: Optional[Type]) -> str:
         elif cls in INVALID_BUILTIN_CLASSES:
             return ':class:`%s`' % INVALID_BUILTIN_CLASSES[cls]
         elif inspect.isNewType(cls):
-            return ':class:`%s`' % cls.__name__
+            if sys.version_info > (3, 10):
+                # newtypes have correct module info since Python 3.10+
+                print(cls, type(cls), dir(cls))
+                return ':class:`%s.%s`' % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)
+            else:
+                return ':class:`%s`' % cls.__name__
         elif UnionType and isinstance(cls, UnionType):
             if len(cls.__args__) > 1 and None in cls.__args__:
                 args = ' | '.join(restify(a) for a in cls.__args__ if a)
@@ -307,8 +312,11 @@ def stringify(annotation: Any) -> str:
         else:
             return '.'.join([annotation.__module__, annotation.__name__])
     elif inspect.isNewType(annotation):
-        # Could not get the module where it defined
-        return annotation.__name__
+        if sys.version_info > (3, 10):
+            # newtypes have correct module info since Python 3.10+
+            return '%s.%s' % (annotation.__module__, annotation.__name__)
+        else:
+            return annotation.__name__
     elif not annotation:
         return repr(annotation)
     elif annotation is NoneType:

tests/test_util_typing.py

@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ def test_restify_type_hints_typevars():
     assert restify(T_co) == ":obj:`tests.test_util_typing.T_co`"
     assert restify(T_contra) == ":obj:`tests.test_util_typing.T_contra`"
     assert restify(List[T]) == ":class:`~typing.List`\\ [:obj:`tests.test_util_typing.T`]"
-    assert restify(MyInt) == ":class:`MyInt`"
+
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        assert restify(MyInt) == ":class:`tests.test_util_typing.MyInt`"
+    else:
+        assert restify(MyInt) == ":class:`MyInt`"
 
 
 def test_restify_type_hints_custom_class():
@@ -250,7 +254,10 @@ def test_stringify_type_hints_typevars():
         assert stringify(T_contra) == "tests.test_util_typing.T_contra"
         assert stringify(List[T]) == "List[tests.test_util_typing.T]"
 
-    assert stringify(MyInt) == "MyInt"
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        assert stringify(MyInt) == "tests.test_util_typing.MyInt"
+    else:
+        assert stringify(MyInt) == "MyInt"
 
 
 def test_stringify_type_hints_custom_class():