fix: Fix footnotes appearing in all following objects

Fixes #186

src/mkdocstrings/handlers/base.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - `teardown`, that will teardown all the cached handlers, and then clear the cache.
 """
 
+import functools
 import importlib
 import re
 import textwrap
@@ -124,6 +125,23 @@ def do_any(seq: Sequence, attribute: str = None) -> bool:
     return any(_[attribute] for _ in seq)
 
 
+def do_convert_markdown(md: Markdown, text: str) -> Markup:
+    """
+    Render Markdown text; for use inside templates.
+
+    Arguments:
+        md: A `markdown.Markdown` instance.
+        text: The text to convert.
+
+    Returns:
+        An HTML string.
+    """
+    try:
+        return Markup(md.convert(text))
+    finally:
+        md.reset()
+
+
 class BaseRenderer(ABC):
     """
     The base renderer class.
@@ -198,7 +216,8 @@ def update_env(self, md: Markdown, config: dict) -> None:
         """
         # Re-instantiate md: see https://github.com/tomchristie/mkautodoc/issues/14
         md = Markdown(extensions=config["mdx"], extension_configs=config["mdx_configs"])
-        self.env.filters["convert_markdown"] = lambda text: Markup(md.convert(text))
+
+        self.env.filters["convert_markdown"] = functools.partial(do_convert_markdown, md)
 
 
 class BaseCollector(ABC):

tests/fixtures/footnotes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+def func_a():
+    """func_a[^1].
+
+    [^1]: Footnote\x20A
+    """
+
+def func_b():
+    """func_b[^x].
+
+    [^x]: Footnote\x20B
+    """
+
+def func_c():
+    """func_c.
+    """

tests/test_extension.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for the extension module."""
+from textwrap import dedent
+
 from markdown import Markdown
 
 from mkdocstrings.extension import MkdocstringsExtension
@@ -14,18 +16,44 @@
 
 def test_render_html_escaped_sequences():
     """Assert HTML-escaped sequences are correctly parsed as XML."""
-    config = _DEFAULT_CONFIG
-    md = Markdown(extensions=[MkdocstringsExtension(config, Handlers(config))])
+    config = dict(_DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    config["mdx"].append(MkdocstringsExtension(config, Handlers(config)))
+    md = Markdown(extensions=config["mdx"])
+
     md.convert("::: tests.fixtures.html_escaped_sequences")
 
 
+def test_multiple_footnotes():
+    """Assert footnotes don't get added to subsequent docstrings."""
+    config = dict(_DEFAULT_CONFIG, mdx=["footnotes"])
+    config["mdx"].append(MkdocstringsExtension(config, Handlers(config)))
+    md = Markdown(extensions=config["mdx"])
+
+    output = md.convert(
+        dedent(
+            """
+            Top.[^aaa]
+
+            ::: tests.fixtures.footnotes.func_a
+
+            ::: tests.fixtures.footnotes.func_b
+
+            ::: tests.fixtures.footnotes.func_c
+
+            [^aaa]: Top footnote
+            """
+        )
+    )
+    assert output.count("Footnote A") == 1
+    assert output.count("Footnote B") == 1
+    assert output.count("Top footnote") == 1
+
+
 def test_reference_inside_autodoc():
     """Assert cross-reference Markdown extension works correctly."""
     config = dict(_DEFAULT_CONFIG)
-    ext = MkdocstringsExtension(config, Handlers(config))
-    config["mdx"].append(ext)
-
-    md = Markdown(extensions=[ext])
+    config["mdx"].append(MkdocstringsExtension(config, Handlers(config)))
+    md = Markdown(extensions=config["mdx"])
 
     output = md.convert("::: tests.fixtures.cross_reference")
     snippet = 'Link to <span data-mkdocstrings-identifier="something.Else">something.Else</span>.'