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authorJesus Cea <jcea@jcea.es>2016-09-19 22:02:44 (GMT)
committerJesus Cea <jcea@jcea.es>2016-09-19 22:02:44 (GMT)
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MERGE: Docs: Correctly link to the methods
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/configparser.rst41
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diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index a9a5f5a..8d141a2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ Since this task is so common, config parsers provide a range of handy getter
methods to handle integers, floats and booleans. The last one is the most
interesting because simply passing the value to ``bool()`` would do no good
since ``bool('False')`` is still ``True``. This is why config parsers also
-provide :meth:`getboolean`. This method is case-insensitive and recognizes
-Boolean values from ``'yes'``/``'no'``, ``'on'``/``'off'``,
+provide :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean`. This method is case-insensitive and
+recognizes Boolean values from ``'yes'``/``'no'``, ``'on'``/``'off'``,
``'true'``/``'false'`` and ``'1'``/``'0'`` [1]_. For example:
.. doctest::
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ Boolean values from ``'yes'``/``'no'``, ``'on'``/``'off'``,
>>> config.getboolean('bitbucket.org', 'Compression')
True
-Apart from :meth:`getboolean`, config parsers also provide equivalent
-:meth:`getint` and :meth:`getfloat` methods. You can register your own
+Apart from :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean`, config parsers also
+provide equivalent :meth:`~ConfigParser.getint` and
+:meth:`~ConfigParser.getfloat` methods. You can register your own
converters and customize the provided ones. [1]_
Fallback Values
@@ -205,8 +206,9 @@ the ``fallback`` keyword-only argument:
... fallback='No such things as monsters')
'No such things as monsters'
-The same ``fallback`` argument can be used with the :meth:`getint`,
-:meth:`getfloat` and :meth:`getboolean` methods, for example:
+The same ``fallback`` argument can be used with the
+:meth:`~ConfigParser.getint`, :meth:`~ConfigParser.getfloat` and
+:meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean` methods, for example:
.. doctest::
@@ -670,14 +672,15 @@ the :meth:`__init__` options:
* *converters*, default value: not set
Config parsers provide option value getters that perform type conversion. By
- default :meth:`getint`, :meth:`getfloat`, and :meth:`getboolean` are
- implemented. Should other getters be desirable, users may define them in
- a subclass or pass a dictionary where each key is a name of the converter and
- each value is a callable implementing said conversion. For instance, passing
- ``{'decimal': decimal.Decimal}`` would add :meth:`getdecimal` on both the
- parser object and all section proxies. In other words, it will be possible
- to write both ``parser_instance.getdecimal('section', 'key', fallback=0)``
- and ``parser_instance['section'].getdecimal('key', 0)``.
+ default :meth:`~ConfigParser.getint`, :meth:`~ConfigParser.getfloat`, and
+ :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean` are implemented. Should other getters be
+ desirable, users may define them in a subclass or pass a dictionary where each
+ key is a name of the converter and each value is a callable implementing said
+ conversion. For instance, passing ``{'decimal': decimal.Decimal}`` would add
+ :meth:`getdecimal` on both the parser object and all section proxies. In
+ other words, it will be possible to write both
+ ``parser_instance.getdecimal('section', 'key', fallback=0)`` and
+ ``parser_instance['section'].getdecimal('key', 0)``.
If the converter needs to access the state of the parser, it can be
implemented as a method on a config parser subclass. If the name of this
@@ -690,11 +693,11 @@ be overridden by subclasses or by attribute assignment.
.. attribute:: BOOLEAN_STATES
- By default when using :meth:`getboolean`, config parsers consider the
- following values ``True``: ``'1'``, ``'yes'``, ``'true'``, ``'on'`` and the
- following values ``False``: ``'0'``, ``'no'``, ``'false'``, ``'off'``. You
- can override this by specifying a custom dictionary of strings and their
- Boolean outcomes. For example:
+ By default when using :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean`, config parsers
+ consider the following values ``True``: ``'1'``, ``'yes'``, ``'true'``,
+ ``'on'`` and the following values ``False``: ``'0'``, ``'no'``, ``'false'``,
+ ``'off'``. You can override this by specifying a custom dictionary of strings
+ and their Boolean outcomes. For example:
.. doctest::