Next is new in 2.6.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/util/pycompat.py b/sphinx/util/pycompat.py
index e5a712c9..319312a7 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/pycompat.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/pycompat.py
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ else:
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Missing itertools in Python < 2.6
+# Missing builtins and itertools in Python < 2.6
 
 if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
     # Python >= 2.6
+    next = next
+
     from itertools import product
     try:
         from itertools import zip_longest  # Python 3 name
@@ -64,6 +66,11 @@ else:
     # Python < 2.6
     from itertools import izip, repeat, chain
 
+    # this is on Python 2, where the method is called "next" (it is refactored
+    # to __next__ by 2to3, but in that case never executed)
+    def next(iterator):
+        return iterator.next()
+
     # These replacement functions have been taken from the Python 2.6
     # itertools documentation.
     def product(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -94,7 +101,6 @@ else:
 if sys.version_info >= (2, 5):
     # Python >= 2.5
     base_exception = BaseException
-    next = next
     any = any
     all = all
 
@@ -102,11 +108,6 @@ else:
     # Python 2.4
     base_exception = Exception
 
-    # this is on Python 2, where the method is called "next" (it is refactored
-    # to __next__ by 2to3, but in that case never executed)
-    def next(iterator):
-        return iterator.next()
-
     def all(gen):
         for i in gen:
             if not i: