Close #8119: autodoc: Control visibility of module member not in __all__

This allows `autodoc-skip-member` handlers to determine whether a member
not included in `__all__` attribute of the module should be documented or
not.

CHANGES

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Deprecated
 Features added
 --------------
 
+* #8119: autodoc: Allow to determine whether a member not included in
+  ``__all__`` attribute of the module should be documented or not via
+  :event:`autodoc-skip-member` event
+
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 

sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py

@@ -272,12 +272,13 @@ class ObjectMember(tuple):
        interface.
     """
 
-    def __new__(cls, name: str, obj: Any) -> Any:
+    def __new__(cls, name: str, obj: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         return super().__new__(cls, (name, obj))  # type: ignore
 
-    def __init__(self, name: str, obj: Any) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, obj: Any, skipped: bool = False) -> None:
         self.__name__ = name
         self.object = obj
+        self.skipped = skipped
 
 
 ObjectMembers = Union[List[ObjectMember], List[Tuple[str, Any]]]
@@ -670,7 +671,8 @@ class Documenter:
             attr_docs = {}
 
         # process members and determine which to skip
-        for (membername, member) in members:
+        for obj in members:
+            membername, member = obj
             # if isattr is True, the member is documented as an attribute
             if member is INSTANCEATTR:
                 isattr = True
@@ -747,6 +749,10 @@ class Documenter:
                     # ignore undocumented members if :undoc-members: is not given
                     keep = has_doc or self.options.undoc_members
 
+            if isinstance(obj, ObjectMember) and obj.skipped:
+                # forcedly skipped member (ex. a module attribute not defined in __all__)
+                keep = False
+
             # give the user a chance to decide whether this member
             # should be skipped
             if self.env.app:
@@ -1010,25 +1016,32 @@ class ModuleDocumenter(Documenter):
 
     def get_object_members(self, want_all: bool) -> Tuple[bool, ObjectMembers]:
         if want_all:
-            if self.__all__:
+            members = get_module_members(self.object)
-                memberlist = self.__all__
+            if not self.__all__:
-            else:
                 # for implicit module members, check __module__ to avoid
                 # documenting imported objects
-                return True, get_module_members(self.object)
+                return True, members
+            else:
+                ret = []
+                for name, value in members:
+                    if name in self.__all__:
+                        ret.append(ObjectMember(name, value))
+                    else:
+                        ret.append(ObjectMember(name, value, skipped=True))
+
+                return False, ret
         else:
             memberlist = self.options.members or []
             ret = []
-        for mname in memberlist:
+            for name in memberlist:
                 try:
-                ret.append((mname, safe_getattr(self.object, mname)))
+                    value = safe_getattr(self.object, name)
+                    ret.append(ObjectMember(name, value))
                 except AttributeError:
-                logger.warning(
+                    logger.warning(__('missing attribute mentioned in :members: option: '
-                    __('missing attribute mentioned in :members: or __all__: '
                                       'module %s, attribute %s') %
-                    (safe_getattr(self.object, '__name__', '???'), mname),
+                                   (safe_getattr(self.object, '__name__', '???'), name),
-                    type='autodoc'
+                                   type='autodoc')
-                )
             return False, ret
 
     def sort_members(self, documenters: List[Tuple["Documenter", bool]],

tests/test_ext_autodoc_events.py

@@ -80,3 +80,28 @@ def test_between_exclude(app):
         '   third line',
         '',
     ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='ext-autodoc')
+def test_skip_module_member(app):
+    def autodoc_skip_member(app, what, name, obj, skip, options):
+        if name == "Class":
+            return True  # Skip "Class" class in __all__
+        elif name == "raises":
+            return False  # Show "raises()" function (not in __all__)
+
+    app.connect('autodoc-skip-member', autodoc_skip_member)
+
+    options = {"members": None}
+    actual = do_autodoc(app, 'module', 'target', options)
+    assert list(actual) == [
+        '',
+        '.. py:module:: target',
+        '',
+        '',
+        '.. py:function:: raises(exc, func, *args, **kwds)',
+        '   :module: target',
+        '',
+        '   Raise AssertionError if ``func(*args, **kwds)`` does not raise *exc*.',
+        '',
+    ]