make :any: role work with intersphinx!

doc/conf.py

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 
 # We're not using intersphinx right now, but if we did, this would be part of
 # the mapping:
-intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('http://docs.python.org/dev', None)}
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('http://docs.python.org/2/', None)}
 
 # Sphinx document translation with sphinx gettext feature uses these settings:
 locale_dirs = ['locale/']

doc/markup/inline.rst

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ Cross-referencing anything
    Python module (usually ``:py:mod:`signal``` or ``:mod:`signal```) and a
    section (usually ``:ref:`about-signals```).
 
+   The :rst:role:`any` role also works together with the
+   :mod:`~sphinx.ext.intersphinx` extension: when no local cross-reference is
+   found, all object types of intersphinx inventories are also searched.
+
 
 Cross-referencing objects
 -------------------------

sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py

@@ -222,11 +222,17 @@ def load_mappings(app):
 
 def missing_reference(app, env, node, contnode):
     """Attempt to resolve a missing reference via intersphinx references."""
+    target = node['reftarget']
+    if node['reftype'] == 'any':
+        # we search anything!
+        objtypes = ['%s:%s' % (domain.name, objtype)
+                    for domain in env.domains.values()
+                    for objtype in domain.object_types]
+    else:
         domain = node.get('refdomain')
         if not domain:
             # only objects in domains are in the inventory
             return
-    target = node['reftarget']
         objtypes = env.domains[domain].objtypes_for_role(node['reftype'])
         if not objtypes:
             return