Un-deprecate `sphinx.util.import_object` (#13330)

Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGES.rst

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Deprecated
 
 * #13037: Deprecate the ``SingleHTMLBuilder.fix_refuris`` method.
   Patch by James Addison.
+* #13083, #13330: Un-deprecate ``sphinx.util.import_object``.
+  Patch by Matthias Geier.
 
 Features added
 --------------

doc/extdev/deprecated.rst

@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ The following is a list of deprecated interfaces.
      - 10.0
      - N/A
 
-   * - ``sphinx.util.import_object``
-     - 8.1
-     - 10.0
-     - ``importlib.import_module``
-
    * - ``sphinx.ext.intersphinx.normalize_intersphinx_mapping``
      - 8.0
      - 10.0

sphinx/util/__init__.py

@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
         _deprecation_warning(__name__, name, '', remove=(10, 0))
         return obj
 
-    if name == 'import_object':
-        from sphinx.util._importer import import_object
-
-        _deprecation_warning(__name__, name, '', remove=(10, 0))
-        return import_object
-
     # Re-exported for backwards compatibility,
     # but not currently deprecated
 
@@ -112,6 +106,11 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
 
         return encode_uri
 
+    if name == 'import_object':
+        from sphinx.util._importer import import_object
+
+        return import_object
+
     if name == 'isurl':
         from sphinx.util._uri import is_url
 

tests/test_util/test_util.py

@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ def test_exported_attributes():
         assert sphinx.util.FilenameUniqDict is FilenameUniqDict
     with pytest.warns(RemovedInSphinx10Warning, match=r'deprecated.'):
         assert sphinx.util.DownloadFiles is DownloadFiles
-    with pytest.warns(RemovedInSphinx10Warning, match=r'deprecated.'):
-        assert sphinx.util.import_object is import_object
 
     # Re-exported for backwards compatibility,
     # but not currently deprecated
     assert sphinx.util.encode_uri is encode_uri
+    assert sphinx.util.import_object is import_object
     assert sphinx.util.isurl is is_url
     assert sphinx.util.parselinenos is parse_line_num_spec
     assert sphinx.util.patfilter is patfilter