Added a config option "numpydoc_show_inherited_class_members". This option enables showing of inherited class members in the docs. The option has enabled by default.

Author: espdev

numpydoc/docscrape.py

@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ def __init__(self, cls, doc=None, modulename='', func_doc=FunctionDoc,
             raise ValueError("Expected a class or None, but got %r" % cls)
         self._cls = cls
 
+        self.show_inherited_members = config.get('show_inherited_class_members',
+                                                 True)
+
         if modulename and not modulename.endswith('.'):
             modulename += '.'
         self._mod = modulename
@@ -505,27 +508,36 @@ def splitlines_x(s):
                 if not self[field]:
                     doc_list = []
                     for name in sorted(items):
-                         try:
+                        try:
                             doc_item = pydoc.getdoc(getattr(self._cls, name))
                             doc_list.append((name, '', splitlines_x(doc_item)))
-                         except AttributeError:
-                            pass # method doesn't exist
+                        except AttributeError:
+                            pass  # method doesn't exist
                     self[field] = doc_list
 
     @property
     def methods(self):
         if self._cls is None:
             return []
-        return [name for name,func in inspect.getmembers(self._cls)
+        return [name for name, func in inspect.getmembers(self._cls)
                 if ((not name.startswith('_')
                      or name in self.extra_public_methods)
-                    and isinstance(func, collections.Callable))]
+                    and isinstance(func, collections.Callable)
+                    and self._is_show_member(name))]
 
     @property
     def properties(self):
         if self._cls is None:
             return []
-        return [name for name,func in inspect.getmembers(self._cls)
-                if not name.startswith('_') and
-                (func is None or isinstance(func, property) or
-                 inspect.isgetsetdescriptor(func))]
+        return [name for name, func in inspect.getmembers(self._cls)
+                if (not name.startswith('_') and
+                    (func is None or isinstance(func, property) or
+                     inspect.isgetsetdescriptor(func))
+                    and self._is_show_member(name))]
+
+    def _is_show_member(self, name):
+        if self.show_inherited_members:
+            return True  # show all class members
+        if name not in self._cls.__dict__:
+            return False  # class member is inherited, we do not show it
+        return True

numpydoc/numpydoc.py

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 """
 from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 
-import os, sys, re, pydoc
+import sys
+import re
+import pydoc
 import sphinx
 import inspect
 import collections
@@ -37,10 +39,12 @@
 def mangle_docstrings(app, what, name, obj, options, lines,
                       reference_offset=[0]):
 
-    cfg = dict(use_plots=app.config.numpydoc_use_plots,
-               show_class_members=app.config.numpydoc_show_class_members,
-               class_members_toctree=app.config.numpydoc_class_members_toctree,
-              )
+    cfg = dict(
+        use_plots=app.config.numpydoc_use_plots,
+        show_class_members=app.config.numpydoc_show_class_members,
+        show_inherited_class_members=app.config.numpydoc_show_inherited_class_members,
+        class_members_toctree=app.config.numpydoc_class_members_toctree,
+    )
 
     if what == 'module':
         # Strip top title
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ def setup(app, get_doc_object_=get_doc_object):
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_edit_link', None, False)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_use_plots', None, False)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_show_class_members', True, True)
+    app.add_config_value('numpydoc_show_inherited_class_members', True, True)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_class_members_toctree', True, True)
 
     # Extra mangling domains

numpydoc/tests/test_docscrape.py

@@ -646,6 +646,46 @@ class Ignorable(object):
         else:
             assert 'Spammity index' in str(doc), str(doc)
 
+    class SubDummy(Dummy):
+        """
+        Subclass of Dummy class.
+
+        """
+        def ham(self, c, d):
+            """Cheese\n\nNo cheese.\nOverloaded Dummy.ham"""
+            pass
+
+        def bar(self, a, b):
+            """Bar\n\nNo bar"""
+            pass
+
+    for cls in (ClassDoc, SphinxClassDoc):
+        doc = cls(SubDummy, config=dict(show_class_members=True,
+                                        show_inherited_class_members=False))
+        assert 'Methods' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'spam' not in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'ham' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'bar' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'spammity' not in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+
+        if cls is SphinxClassDoc:
+            assert '.. autosummary::' in str(doc), str(doc)
+        else:
+            assert 'Spammity index' not in str(doc), str(doc)
+
+        doc = cls(SubDummy, config=dict(show_class_members=True,
+                                        show_inherited_class_members=True))
+        assert 'Methods' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'spam' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'ham' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'bar' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+        assert 'spammity' in str(doc), (cls, str(doc))
+
+        if cls is SphinxClassDoc:
+            assert '.. autosummary::' in str(doc), str(doc)
+        else:
+            assert 'Spammity index' in str(doc), str(doc)
+
 def test_duplicate_signature():
     # Duplicate function signatures occur e.g. in ufuncs, when the
     # automatic mechanism adds one, and a more detailed comes from the