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Credits | ||
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`sphobjinv` is authored and maintained by Brian Skinn ([Blog](https://bskinn.github.io)) ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/btskinn)). | ||
`sphobjinv` is authored and maintained by Brian Skinn | ||
([Blog](https://bskinn.github.io)) ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/btskinn)). | ||
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The idea for the project came about as I was starting to deepen my expertise with Sphinx, and found it | ||
hugely frustrating to debug cross-references to objects in code. I discovered the `objects.inv` files | ||
relatively quickly, but struggled with trying to get at the actual object information. | ||
At the time (2016), the ability to [execute `sphinx.ext.intersphinx` as a module](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/intersphinx.html#showing-all-links-of-an-intersphinx-mapping-file) | ||
hadn't yet been documented (that happened in [2018](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/commit/7aaba1758a4622298d15339fddd8556eb221af86)), | ||
and a fair bit of searching didn't turn up anything promising. | ||
The idea for the project came about as I was starting to deepen my expertise | ||
with Sphinx, and found it hugely frustrating to debug cross-references to | ||
objects in code. I discovered the `objects.inv` files relatively quickly, but | ||
struggled with trying to get at the actual object information. At the time | ||
(2016), the ability to | ||
[execute `sphinx.ext.intersphinx` as a module](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/intersphinx.html#showing-all-links-of-an-intersphinx-mapping-file) | ||
hadn't yet been documented (that happened in | ||
[2018](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/commit/7aaba1758a4622298d15339fddd8556eb221af86)), | ||
and a fair bit of searching didn't turn up anything promising. | ||
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Once I dug into the Sphinx code to figure out how to zlib-decompress the object data, it was relatively straightforward | ||
to put together the initial v1.0 of `sphobjinv`, which could only (de)compress `objects.inv` files to/from plaintext. | ||
As I started to use it regularly in my own documentation work, it became clear that there would be significant advantages | ||
from also implementing functionality to assist with object searches, especially in large documentation sets. | ||
Also, it seemed likely that a robust API for creation/manipulation of inventory contents would be useful, in order to | ||
assist with things like scraping a non-Sphinx website to generate an `objects.inv` for cross-referencing in other docs. | ||
This led to the current object-oriented API of `sphobjinv` v2.x. | ||
Once I dug into the Sphinx code to figure out how to zlib-decompress the object | ||
data, it was relatively straightforward to put together the initial v1.0 of | ||
`sphobjinv`, which could only (de)compress `objects.inv` files to/from | ||
plaintext. As I started to use it regularly in my own documentation work, it | ||
became clear that there would be significant advantages to also implement object | ||
searches, especially in large documentation sets. Also, it seemed likely that a | ||
robust API for creation/manipulation of inventory contents would be useful, in | ||
order to assist with things like scraping a non-Sphinx website to generate an | ||
`objects.inv` for cross-referencing in other docs. This led to the current | ||
object-oriented API of `sphobjinv` v2.x. | ||
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While there are [numerous](https://github.com/bskinn/sphobjinv/issues) possible enhancements to the project, | ||
I'm quite satisfied with its ease of use and usefulness, at least for my purposes, and thus consider it fully stable. | ||
I'm always glad to receive feature requests and bug reports, though. | ||
While there are [numerous](https://github.com/bskinn/sphobjinv/issues) possible | ||
enhancements to the project, I'm satisfied with its ease of use and usefulness, | ||
at least for my purposes, and thus consider it fully stable. I'm always glad to | ||
receive feature requests and bug reports, though. |
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