Sphinx 9.0.0: No module named 'sphinx.ext.autodoc.mock'

[woutdenolf]

This will no longer work for Sphinx 9.0.0

sphinx-autodoc-typehints/src/sphinx_autodoc_typehints/__init__.py

Line 17 in 78f49cd

from sphinx.ext.autodoc.mock import mock

Test with Sphinx 9.0.0rc1 pre-release:

pip install --pre  sphinx_autodoc_typehints

python -c "import sphinx_autodoc_typehints"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File ".../site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from sphinx.ext.autodoc.mock import mock
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sphinx.ext.autodoc.mock'

See also https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#incompatible-changes.

[woutdenolf]

Seems like the function has moved here: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/blob/113cfe16111ed9e7ae29591f85394a485e8e6b20/sphinx/ext/autodoc/_dynamic/_mock.py#L162

[woutdenolf]

Not sure why mock is imported but it is explained here: #225.

[woutdenolf]

Sphinx 9.0.0 is out already so that makes the matter more urgent.

[AA-Turner]

https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/releases/tag/v9.0.2