in sphinx/rstFlatTable.py [0:0]
def parseCellItem(self, cellItem):
# search and remove cspan, rspan colspec from the first element in
# this listItem (field).
cspan = rspan = 0
if not len(cellItem):
return cspan, rspan, []
for elem in cellItem[0]:
if isinstance(elem, colSpan):
cspan = elem.get("span")
elem.parent.remove(elem)
continue
if isinstance(elem, rowSpan):
rspan = elem.get("span")
elem.parent.remove(elem)
continue
return cspan, rspan, cellItem[:]