Fix automethod outside class context.

CHANGES

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 0.5.1 (in development)
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+* Fix autodoc crash when automethod is used outside a class context.
+
 * Fix LaTeX writer output for images with specified height.
 
 * Fix wrong generated image path when including images in sources

sphinx/ext/autodoc.py

@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ class RstGenerator(object):
                 # ... or from a class directive
                 if mod_cls is None:
                     mod_cls = self.env.currclass
+                # ... if still None, there's no way to know
+                if mod_cls is None:
+                    return fullname, None, [], args, retann
             mod, cls = rpartition(mod_cls, '.')
             # if the module name is still missing, get it like above
             if not mod and hasattr(self.env, 'autodoc_current_module'):