def autolink_role(typ, rawtext, etext, lineno, inliner,
                  options={}, content=[]):
    """Smart linking role.

    Expands to ':obj:`text`' if `text` is an object that can be imported;
    otherwise expands to '*text*'.
    """
    env = inliner.document.settings.env
    r = env.get_domain('py').role('obj')(
        'obj', rawtext, etext, lineno, inliner, options, content)
    pnode = r[0][0]

    prefixes = get_import_prefixes_from_env(env)
    try:
        name, obj, parent = import_by_name(pnode['reftarget'], prefixes)
    except ImportError:
        content = pnode[0]
        r[0][0] = nodes.emphasis(rawtext, content[0].astext(),
                                 classes=content['classes'])
    return r
Smart linking role.

    Expands to ':obj:`text`' if `text` is an object that can be imported;
    otherwise expands to '*text*'.