Merge pull request #9259 from tk0miya/deprecate_app

deprecate sphinx.ext.autosummary._app

CHANGES

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Deprecated
 * The ``app`` argument of ``sphinx.environment.BuildEnvironment`` becomes
   required
 * ``sphinx.application.Sphinx.html_theme``
+* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary._app``
 * ``sphinx.util.docstrings.extract_metadata()``
 
 Features added

doc/extdev/deprecated.rst

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ The following is a list of deprecated interfaces.
      - 6.0
      - ``sphinx.registry.SphinxComponentRegistry.html_themes``
 
+   * - ``sphinx.ext.autosummary._app``
+     - 4.1
+     - 6.0
+     - N/A
+
    * - ``sphinx.util.docstrings.extract_metadata()``
      - 4.1
      - 6.0

sphinx/ext/autosummary/__init__.py

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ import sphinx
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 from sphinx.config import Config
-from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx50Warning
+from sphinx.deprecation import (RemovedInSphinx50Warning, RemovedInSphinx60Warning,
+                                deprecated_alias)
 from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
 from sphinx.environment.adapters.toctree import TocTree
 from sphinx.ext.autodoc import INSTANCEATTR, Documenter
@@ -165,9 +166,13 @@ def autosummary_table_visit_html(self: HTMLTranslator, node: autosummary_table)
 
 
 # -- autodoc integration -------------------------------------------------------
-
-# current application object (used in `get_documenter()`).
-_app: Sphinx = None
+deprecated_alias('sphinx.ext.autosummary',
+                 {
+                     '_app': None,
+                 },
+                 RemovedInSphinx60Warning,
+                 {
+                 })
 
 
 class FakeApplication:

sphinx/util/compat.py

@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ def register_application_for_autosummary(app: "Sphinx") -> None:
     """
     if 'sphinx.ext.autosummary' in sys.modules:
         from sphinx.ext import autosummary
-        autosummary._app = app
+        if hasattr(autosummary, '_objects'):
+            autosummary._objects['_app'] = app  # type: ignore
+        else:
+            autosummary._app = app  # type: ignore
 
 
 def setup(app: "Sphinx") -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    app.connect('builder-inited', register_application_for_autosummary)
+    app.connect('builder-inited', register_application_for_autosummary, priority=100)
 
     return {
         'version': 'builtin',