Fix #3285: autosummary: asterisks are escaped twice

CHANGES

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * Inline math in parsed-literal is not rendered well by LaTeX (ref #3340)
 * #3308: Parsed-literals don't wrap very long lines with pdf builder (ref #3340)
 * #3295: Could not import extension sphinx.builders.linkcheck
+* #3285: autosummary: asterisks are escaped twice
 
 
 Release 1.5.1 (released Dec 13, 2016)

sphinx/ext/autosummary/__init__.py

@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ class Autosummary(Directive):
             else:
                 max_chars = max(10, max_item_chars - len(display_name))
                 sig = mangle_signature(sig, max_chars=max_chars)
-                sig = sig.replace('*', r'\*')
 
             # -- Grab the summary
 

tests/roots/test-autosummary/dummy_module.py

@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ class C:
         '''
 
 
-def func(arg_):
+def func(arg_, *args, **kwargs):
     """Test function take an argument ended with underscore."""

tests/test_ext_autosummary.py

@@ -95,3 +95,11 @@ def test_get_items_summary(app, status, warning):
     for key, expected in iteritems(expected_values):
         assert autosummary_items[key][2] == expected, 'Summary for %s was %r -'\
             ' expected %r' % (key, autosummary_items[key], expected)
+
+    # check an item in detail
+    assert 'func' in autosummary_items
+    func_attrs = ('func',
+                  '(arg_, *args, **kwargs)',
+                  'Test function take an argument ended with underscore.',
+                  'dummy_module.func')
+    assert autosummary_items['func'] == func_attrs