From 797eb0cbda632637681677db202ba38f469dc72e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tristanlatr <tristanlatr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 10:01:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Try using System.find_object() in System.expandName() so it
 can better follow aliases.

---
 pydoctor/model.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pydoctor/model.py b/pydoctor/model.py
index 4bec57cf6..e9dd9bfa8 100644
--- a/pydoctor/model.py
+++ b/pydoctor/model.py
@@ -351,7 +351,12 @@ class E:
                     break
             nxt = self.system.objForFullName(full_name)
             if nxt is None:
-                break
+                try:
+                    nxt = self.system.find_object(full_name)
+                except (RecursionError, LookupError):
+                    break
+                if nxt is None:
+                    break
             obj = nxt
         return '.'.join([full_name] + parts[i + 1:])