From fe69a042dff4ac13f6c273dcee5d174c35528600 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Waygood Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 08:44:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] gh-101100: Fix most Sphinx nitpicks in the glossary and `stdtypes.rst` (#112757) --- Doc/glossary.rst | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ Doc/library/stdtypes.rst | 26 ++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 29f2f80cebd5f0f..601443d5aade942 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ Glossary A :term:`file object` able to read and write :term:`bytes-like objects `. Examples of binary files are files opened in binary mode (``'rb'``, - ``'wb'`` or ``'rb+'``), :data:`sys.stdin.buffer`, - :data:`sys.stdout.buffer`, and instances of :class:`io.BytesIO` and - :class:`gzip.GzipFile`. + ``'wb'`` or ``'rb+'``), :data:`sys.stdin.buffer `, + :data:`sys.stdout.buffer `, and instances of + :class:`io.BytesIO` and :class:`gzip.GzipFile`. See also :term:`text file` for a file object able to read and write :class:`str` objects. @@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ Glossary :ref:`class definitions ` for more about decorators. descriptor - Any object which defines the methods :meth:`__get__`, :meth:`__set__`, or - :meth:`__delete__`. When a class attribute is a descriptor, its special + Any object which defines the methods :meth:`~object.__get__`, + :meth:`~object.__set__`, or :meth:`~object.__delete__`. + When a class attribute is a descriptor, its special binding behavior is triggered upon attribute lookup. Normally, using *a.b* to get, set or delete an attribute looks up the object named *b* in the class dictionary for *a*, but if *b* is a descriptor, the respective @@ -319,7 +320,8 @@ Glossary dictionary An associative array, where arbitrary keys are mapped to values. The - keys can be any object with :meth:`__hash__` and :meth:`__eq__` methods. + keys can be any object with :meth:`~object.__hash__` and + :meth:`~object.__eq__` methods. Called a hash in Perl. dictionary comprehension @@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ Glossary file object An object exposing a file-oriented API (with methods such as - :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource. Depending + :meth:`!read` or :meth:`!write`) to an underlying resource. Depending on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access to a real on-disk file or to another type of storage or communication device (for example standard input/output, in-memory buffers, sockets, pipes, @@ -559,8 +561,9 @@ Glossary hashable An object is *hashable* if it has a hash value which never changes during - its lifetime (it needs a :meth:`__hash__` method), and can be compared to - other objects (it needs an :meth:`__eq__` method). Hashable objects which + its lifetime (it needs a :meth:`~object.__hash__` method), and can be + compared to other objects (it needs an :meth:`~object.__eq__` method). + Hashable objects which compare equal must have the same hash value. Hashability makes an object usable as a dictionary key and a set member, @@ -646,7 +649,8 @@ Glossary iterables include all sequence types (such as :class:`list`, :class:`str`, and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`, :term:`file objects `, and objects of any classes you define - with an :meth:`__iter__` method or with a :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method + with an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method or with a + :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method that implements :term:`sequence` semantics. Iterables can be @@ -655,7 +659,7 @@ Glossary as an argument to the built-in function :func:`iter`, it returns an iterator for the object. This iterator is good for one pass over the set of values. When using iterables, it is usually not necessary to call - :func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The ``for`` + :func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The :keyword:`for` statement does that automatically for you, creating a temporary unnamed variable to hold the iterator for the duration of the loop. See also :term:`iterator`, :term:`sequence`, and :term:`generator`. @@ -666,8 +670,8 @@ Glossary :func:`next`) return successive items in the stream. When no more data are available a :exc:`StopIteration` exception is raised instead. At this point, the iterator object is exhausted and any further calls to its - :meth:`__next__` method just raise :exc:`StopIteration` again. Iterators - are required to have an :meth:`__iter__` method that returns the iterator + :meth:`!__next__` method just raise :exc:`StopIteration` again. Iterators + are required to have an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method that returns the iterator object itself so every iterator is also iterable and may be used in most places where other iterables are accepted. One notable exception is code which attempts multiple iteration passes. A container object (such as a @@ -681,7 +685,7 @@ Glossary .. impl-detail:: CPython does not consistently apply the requirement that an iterator - define :meth:`__iter__`. + define :meth:`~iterator.__iter__`. key function A key function or collation function is a callable that returns a value @@ -875,7 +879,8 @@ Glossary Old name for the flavor of classes now used for all class objects. In earlier Python versions, only new-style classes could use Python's newer, versatile features like :attr:`~object.__slots__`, descriptors, - properties, :meth:`__getattribute__`, class methods, and static methods. + properties, :meth:`~object.__getattribute__`, class methods, and static + methods. object Any data with state (attributes or value) and defined behavior @@ -955,7 +960,7 @@ Glossary finders implement. path entry hook - A callable on the :data:`sys.path_hook` list which returns a :term:`path + A callable on the :data:`sys.path_hooks` list which returns a :term:`path entry finder` if it knows how to find modules on a specific :term:`path entry`. @@ -1089,18 +1094,18 @@ Glossary sequence An :term:`iterable` which supports efficient element access using integer indices via the :meth:`~object.__getitem__` special method and defines a - :meth:`__len__` method that returns the length of the sequence. + :meth:`~object.__len__` method that returns the length of the sequence. Some built-in sequence types are :class:`list`, :class:`str`, :class:`tuple`, and :class:`bytes`. Note that :class:`dict` also - supports :meth:`~object.__getitem__` and :meth:`__len__`, but is considered a + supports :meth:`~object.__getitem__` and :meth:`!__len__`, but is considered a mapping rather than a sequence because the lookups use arbitrary :term:`immutable` keys rather than integers. The :class:`collections.abc.Sequence` abstract base class defines a much richer interface that goes beyond just - :meth:`~object.__getitem__` and :meth:`__len__`, adding :meth:`count`, - :meth:`index`, :meth:`__contains__`, and - :meth:`__reversed__`. Types that implement this expanded + :meth:`~object.__getitem__` and :meth:`~object.__len__`, adding + :meth:`count`, :meth:`index`, :meth:`~object.__contains__`, and + :meth:`~object.__reversed__`. Types that implement this expanded interface can be registered explicitly using :func:`~abc.ABCMeta.register`. diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index f204b287b565eb3..44c13bd9474ea1c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Any object can be tested for truth value, for use in an :keyword:`if` or .. index:: single: true By default, an object is considered true unless its class defines either a -:meth:`~object.__bool__` method that returns ``False`` or a :meth:`__len__` method that +:meth:`~object.__bool__` method that returns ``False`` or a +:meth:`~object.__len__` method that returns zero, when called with the object. [1]_ Here are most of the built-in objects considered false: @@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ exception. Two more operations with the same syntactic priority, :keyword:`in` and :keyword:`not in`, are supported by types that are :term:`iterable` or -implement the :meth:`__contains__` method. +implement the :meth:`~object.__contains__` method. .. _typesnumeric: @@ -717,7 +718,7 @@ that's defined for any rational number, and hence applies to all instances of :class:`int` and :class:`fractions.Fraction`, and all finite instances of :class:`float` and :class:`decimal.Decimal`. Essentially, this function is given by reduction modulo ``P`` for a fixed prime ``P``. The value of ``P`` is -made available to Python as the :attr:`modulus` attribute of +made available to Python as the :attr:`~sys.hash_info.modulus` attribute of :data:`sys.hash_info`. .. impl-detail:: @@ -906,9 +907,9 @@ Generator Types --------------- Python's :term:`generator`\s provide a convenient way to implement the iterator -protocol. If a container object's :meth:`__iter__` method is implemented as a +protocol. If a container object's :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method is implemented as a generator, it will automatically return an iterator object (technically, a -generator object) supplying the :meth:`__iter__` and :meth:`~generator.__next__` +generator object) supplying the :meth:`!__iter__` and :meth:`~generator.__next__` methods. More information about generators can be found in :ref:`the documentation for the yield expression `. @@ -3672,7 +3673,7 @@ The conversion types are: +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ | ``'b'`` | Bytes (any object that follows the | \(5) | | | :ref:`buffer protocol ` or has | | -| | :meth:`__bytes__`). | | +| | :meth:`~object.__bytes__`). | | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ | ``'s'`` | ``'s'`` is an alias for ``'b'`` and should only | \(6) | | | be used for Python2/3 code bases. | | @@ -4410,7 +4411,8 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same: :meth:`symmetric_difference_update` methods will accept any iterable as an argument. - Note, the *elem* argument to the :meth:`__contains__`, :meth:`remove`, and + Note, the *elem* argument to the :meth:`~object.__contains__`, + :meth:`remove`, and :meth:`discard` methods may be a set. To support searching for an equivalent frozenset, a temporary one is created from *elem*. @@ -5236,9 +5238,11 @@ instantiated from the type:: TypeError: cannot create 'types.UnionType' instances .. note:: - The :meth:`__or__` method for type objects was added to support the syntax - ``X | Y``. If a metaclass implements :meth:`__or__`, the Union may - override it:: + The :meth:`!__or__` method for type objects was added to support the syntax + ``X | Y``. If a metaclass implements :meth:`!__or__`, the Union may + override it: + + .. doctest:: >>> class M(type): ... def __or__(self, other): @@ -5250,7 +5254,7 @@ instantiated from the type:: >>> C | int 'Hello' >>> int | C - int | __main__.C + int | C .. seealso::