* Fix exception on Python3 if nonexistent method is specified by automethod. Closes #1467

CHANGES

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1457: In python3 environment, make linkcheck cause "Can't convert 'bytes'
   object to str implicitly" error when link target url has a hash part.
   Thanks to Jorge_C.
+* #1467: Exception on Python3 if nonexistent method is specified by automethod
 
 Release 1.2.2 (released Mar 2, 2014)
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sphinx/ext/autodoc.py

@@ -1183,6 +1183,8 @@ class MethodDocumenter(DocstringSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
         def import_object(self):
             ret = ClassLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
+            if not ret:
+                return ret
             obj_from_parent = self.parent.__dict__.get(self.object_name)
             if isinstance(obj_from_parent, classmethod):
                 self.directivetype = 'classmethod'
@@ -1196,6 +1198,8 @@ class MethodDocumenter(DocstringSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):
     else:
         def import_object(self):
             ret = ClassLevelDocumenter.import_object(self)
+            if not ret:
+                return ret
             if isinstance(self.object, classmethod) or \
                    (isinstance(self.object, MethodType) and
                     self.object.im_self is not None):

tests/test_autodoc.py

@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ def test_generate():
     # attributes missing
     assert_warns("failed to import function 'foobar' from module 'util'",
                  'function', 'util.foobar', more_content=None)
+    # method missing
+    assert_warns("failed to import method 'Class.foobar' from module 'test_autodoc';",
+                 'method', 'test_autodoc.Class.foobar', more_content=None)
 
     # test auto and given content mixing
     directive.env.temp_data['py:module'] = 'test_autodoc'