Now sphinx.ext.autodoc work with python-2.5 again.

CHANGES

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Features added
 Bugs fixed
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+* Now sphinx.ext.autodoc work with python-2.5 again.
 * #1563: :meth:`~sphinx.application.Sphinx.add_search_language` raises
   AssertionError for correct type of argument. Thanks to rikoman.
 * #1568: fix a crash when a "centered" directive contains a reference.

sphinx/ext/autodoc.py

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class Documenter(object):
             return True
         # this used to only catch SyntaxError, ImportError and AttributeError,
         # but importing modules with side effects can raise all kinds of errors
-        except (Exception, SystemExit) as e:
+        except (Exception, SystemExit), e:
             if self.objpath:
                 errmsg = 'autodoc: failed to import %s %r from module %r' % \
                          (self.objtype, '.'.join(self.objpath), self.modname)