If an autodoc object cannot be imported, always re-read the document and show the full traceback of the import error.

CHANGES

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release 1.0.7 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* If an autodoc object cannot be imported, always re-read the
+  document containing the directive on next build.
+
+* If an autodoc object cannot be imported, show the full traceback
+  of the import error.
+
 * Fix a bug where the removal of download files and images wasn't
   noticed.
 

sphinx/environment.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ default_settings = {
 
 # This is increased every time an environment attribute is added
 # or changed to properly invalidate pickle files.
-ENV_VERSION = 38
+ENV_VERSION = 39
 
 
 default_substitutions = set([
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
                                     # contains all built docnames
         self.dependencies = {}      # docname -> set of dependent file
                                     # names, relative to documentation root
+        self.reread_always = set()  # docnames to re-read unconditionally on
+                                    # next build
 
         # File metadata
         self.metadata = {}          # docname -> dict of metadata items
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
         """Remove all traces of a source file in the inventory."""
         if docname in self.all_docs:
             self.all_docs.pop(docname, None)
+            self.reread_always.discard(docname)
             self.metadata.pop(docname, None)
             self.dependencies.pop(docname, None)
             self.titles.pop(docname, None)
@@ -426,6 +429,10 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
                                                  '.doctree')):
                     changed.add(docname)
                     continue
+                # check the "reread always" list
+                if docname in self.reread_always:
+                    changed.add(docname)
+                    continue
                 # check the mtime of the document
                 mtime = self.all_docs[docname]
                 newmtime = path.getmtime(self.doc2path(docname))
@@ -729,6 +736,9 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
     def note_dependency(self, filename):
         self.dependencies.setdefault(self.docname, set()).add(filename)
 
+    def note_reread(self):
+        self.reread_always.add(self.docname)
+
     def note_versionchange(self, type, version, node, lineno):
         self.versionchanges.setdefault(version, []).append(
             (type, self.temp_data['docname'], lineno,

sphinx/ext/autodoc.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import inspect
+import traceback
 from types import FunctionType, BuiltinFunctionType, MethodType, ClassType
 
 from docutils import nodes
@@ -336,10 +337,13 @@ class Documenter(object):
         # this used to only catch SyntaxError, ImportError and AttributeError,
         # but importing modules with side effects can raise all kinds of errors
         except Exception, err:
+            if self.env.app and not self.env.app.quiet:
+                self.env.app.info(traceback.format_exc().rstrip())
             self.directive.warn(
                 'autodoc can\'t import/find %s %r, it reported error: '
                 '"%s", please check your spelling and sys.path' %
                 (self.objtype, str(self.fullname), err))
+            self.env.note_reread()
             return False
 
     def get_real_modname(self):