gh-101100: Fix Sphinx warnings for removed dead batteries (#113669)

Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>

19 files changed, 53 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
index 6df59dd..e9a59f4 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ fixes.  Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted alphabetically
 by module name. Consult the :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more
 complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
 
-* The :mod:`asyncore` module's :func:`loop` function now has a *count* parameter
+* The :mod:`!asyncore` module's :func:`!loop` function now has a *count* parameter
   that lets you perform a limited number of passes through the polling loop.  The
   default is still to loop forever.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index e8c1709..d947f61 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the
 :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
 changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
-* The :mod:`asyncore` and :mod:`asynchat` modules are
+* The :mod:`!asyncore` and :mod:`!asynchat` modules are
   being actively maintained again, and a number of patches and bugfixes
   were applied.  (Maintained by Josiah Carlson; see :issue:`1736190` for
   one patch.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 2da90b7..a8a27bf 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ Add negative indexing support to :attr:`PurePath.parents
 (Contributed by Yaroslav Pankovych in :issue:`21041`.)
 
 Add :meth:`Path.hardlink_to <pathlib.Path.hardlink_to>` method that
-supersedes :meth:`~pathlib.Path.link_to`. The new method has the same argument
+supersedes :meth:`!link_to`. The new method has the same argument
 order as :meth:`~pathlib.Path.symlink_to`.
 (Contributed by Barney Gale in :issue:`39950`.)
 
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ Deprecated
 
   (Contributed by Jelle Zijlstra in :gh:`87889`.)
 
-* :meth:`pathlib.Path.link_to` is deprecated and slated for removal in
+* :meth:`!pathlib.Path.link_to` is deprecated and slated for removal in
   Python 3.12. Use :meth:`pathlib.Path.hardlink_to` instead.
   (Contributed by Barney Gale in :issue:`39950`.)
 
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ Deprecated
   * NPN features like :meth:`ssl.SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol` and
     :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.set_npn_protocols` are replaced by ALPN.
 
-* The threading debug (:envvar:`PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable) is
+* The threading debug (:envvar:`!PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable) is
   deprecated in Python 3.10 and will be removed in Python 3.12. This feature
   requires a :ref:`debug build of Python <debug-build>`.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`44584`.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index ce4c98e..cb646a5 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ Modules
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`47061` and Victor Stinner in
   :gh:`68966`.)
 
-* The :mod:`asynchat`, :mod:`asyncore` and  :mod:`smtpd` modules have been
+* The :mod:`!asynchat`, :mod:`!asyncore` and  :mod:`!smtpd` modules have been
   deprecated since at least Python 3.6. Their documentation and deprecation
   warnings have now been updated to note they will be removed in Python 3.12.
   (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade in :issue:`47022`.)
@@ -1877,8 +1877,8 @@ and will be removed in Python 3.12.
 C APIs pending removal are
 :ref:`listed separately <whatsnew311-c-api-pending-removal>`.
 
-* The :mod:`asynchat` module
-* The :mod:`asyncore` module
+* The :mod:`!asynchat` module
+* The :mod:`!asyncore` module
 * The :ref:`entire distutils package <distutils-deprecated>`
 * The :mod:`!imp` module
 * The :class:`typing.io <typing.IO>` namespace
@@ -1902,10 +1902,10 @@ C APIs pending removal are
 * :func:`!importlib.util.set_package_wrapper`
 * :class:`!pkgutil.ImpImporter`
 * :class:`!pkgutil.ImpLoader`
-* :meth:`pathlib.Path.link_to`
+* :meth:`!pathlib.Path.link_to`
 * :func:`!sqlite3.enable_shared_cache`
 * :func:`!sqlite3.OptimizedUnicode`
-* :envvar:`PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable
+* :envvar:`!PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable
 * The following deprecated aliases in :mod:`unittest`:
 
     ============================ =============================== ===============
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ Removed C APIs are :ref:`listed separately <whatsnew311-c-api-removed>`.
   because it was not used and added by mistake in previous versions.
   (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :issue:`46483`.)
 
-* Removed the :class:`!MailmanProxy` class in the :mod:`smtpd` module,
+* Removed the :class:`!MailmanProxy` class in the :mod:`!smtpd` module,
   as it is unusable without the external :mod:`!mailman` package.
   (Contributed by Donghee Na in :issue:`35800`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index aad1964..9834bc0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -1858,12 +1858,12 @@ structure.
 asyncore
 --------
 
-:class:`asyncore.dispatcher` now provides a
-:meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.handle_accepted()` method
+:class:`!asyncore.dispatcher` now provides a
+:meth:`!handle_accepted()` method
 returning a ``(sock, addr)`` pair which is called when a connection has actually
 been established with a new remote endpoint. This is supposed to be used as a
-replacement for old :meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.handle_accept()` and avoids
-the user  to call :meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.accept()` directly.
+replacement for old :meth:`!handle_accept()` and avoids
+the user  to call :meth:`!accept()` directly.
 
 (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà; :issue:`6706`.)
 
@@ -2737,8 +2737,8 @@ require changes to your code:
   thread-state aware APIs (such as :c:func:`PyEval_SaveThread`
   and :c:func:`PyEval_RestoreThread`) should be used instead.
 
-* Due to security risks, :func:`asyncore.handle_accept` has been deprecated, and
-  a new function, :func:`asyncore.handle_accepted`, was added to replace it.
+* Due to security risks, :func:`!asyncore.handle_accept` has been deprecated, and
+  a new function, :func:`!asyncore.handle_accepted`, was added to replace it.
 
   (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola in :issue:`6706`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index 79e2dd9..760324a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ signal
 smtpd
 -----
 
-The :mod:`smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870`
+The :mod:`!smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870`
 (size extension).  Per the standard, these extensions are enabled if and only
 if the client initiates the session with an ``EHLO`` command.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index b26e3d3..e07eda9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1369,9 +1369,9 @@ error.  (Contributed by Atsuo Ishimoto and Hynek Schlawack in
 smtpd
 -----
 
-The :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` and :class:`~smtpd.SMTPChannel` classes now
+The :class:`!SMTPServer` and :class:`!SMTPChannel` classes now
 accept a *map* keyword argument which, if specified, is passed in to
-:class:`asynchat.async_chat` as its *map* argument.  This allows an application
+:class:`!asynchat.async_chat` as its *map* argument.  This allows an application
 to avoid affecting the global socket map.  (Contributed by Vinay Sajip in
 :issue:`11959`.)
 
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
   :issue:`18011`.)  Note: this change was also inadvertently applied in Python
   3.3.3.
 
-* The :attr:`~cgi.FieldStorage.file` attribute is now automatically closed when
+* The :attr:`!file` attribute is now automatically closed when
   the creating :class:`!cgi.FieldStorage` instance is garbage collected. If you
   were pulling the file object out separately from the :class:`!cgi.FieldStorage`
   instance and not keeping the instance alive, then you should either store the
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index bbf2dc5..1c7a927 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ size of decompressed data. (Contributed by Nikolaus Rath in :issue:`15955`.)
 cgi
 ---
 
-The :class:`~cgi.FieldStorage` class now supports the :term:`context manager`
+The :class:`!FieldStorage` class now supports the :term:`context manager`
 protocol.  (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`20289`.)
 
 
@@ -1663,34 +1663,34 @@ during debugging, instead of integer "magic numbers".
 smtpd
 -----
 
-Both the :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` and :class:`~smtpd.SMTPChannel` classes now
+Both the :class:`!SMTPServer` and :class:`!SMTPChannel` classes now
 accept a *decode_data* keyword argument to determine if the ``DATA`` portion of
 the SMTP transaction is decoded using the ``"utf-8"`` codec or is instead
 provided to the
-:meth:`SMTPServer.process_message() <smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message>`
+:meth:`!SMTPServer.process_message()`
 method as a byte string.  The default is ``True`` for backward compatibility
 reasons, but will change to ``False`` in Python 3.6.  If *decode_data* is set
 to ``False``, the ``process_message`` method must be prepared to accept keyword
 arguments.
 (Contributed by Maciej Szulik in :issue:`19662`.)
 
-The :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` class now advertises the ``8BITMIME`` extension
+The :class:`!SMTPServer` class now advertises the ``8BITMIME`` extension
 (:rfc:`6152`) if *decode_data* has been set ``True``.  If the client
 specifies ``BODY=8BITMIME`` on the ``MAIL`` command, it is passed to
-:meth:`SMTPServer.process_message() <smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message>`
+:meth:`!SMTPServer.process_message()`
 via the *mail_options* keyword.
 (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch and R.  David Murray in :issue:`21795`.)
 
-The :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` class now also supports the ``SMTPUTF8``
+The :class:`!SMTPServer` class now also supports the ``SMTPUTF8``
 extension (:rfc:`6531`: Internationalized Email).  If the client specified
 ``SMTPUTF8 BODY=8BITMIME`` on the ``MAIL`` command, they are passed to
-:meth:`SMTPServer.process_message() <smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message>`
+:meth:`!SMTPServer.process_message()`
 via the *mail_options* keyword.  It is the responsibility of the
 ``process_message`` method to correctly handle the ``SMTPUTF8`` data.
 (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch in :issue:`21725`.)
 
 It is now possible to provide, directly or via name resolution, IPv6
-addresses in the :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` constructor, and have it
+addresses in the :class:`!SMTPServer` constructor, and have it
 successfully connect.  (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch in :issue:`14758`.)
 
 
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ support :rfc:`6531` (SMTPUTF8).
 sndhdr
 ------
 
-The :func:`~sndhdr.what` and :func:`~sndhdr.whathdr` functions  now return
+The :func:`!what` and :func:`!whathdr` functions  now return
 a :func:`~collections.namedtuple`.  (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in
 :issue:`18615`.)
 
@@ -2296,9 +2296,9 @@ slated for removal in Python 3.6.
 The :func:`asyncio.async` function is deprecated in favor of
 :func:`~asyncio.ensure_future`.
 
-The :mod:`smtpd` module has in the past always decoded the DATA portion of
+The :mod:`!smtpd` module has in the past always decoded the DATA portion of
 email messages using the ``utf-8`` codec.  This can now be controlled by the
-new *decode_data* keyword to :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer`.  The default value is
+new *decode_data* keyword to :class:`!SMTPServer`.  The default value is
 ``True``, but this default is deprecated.  Specify the *decode_data* keyword
 with an appropriate value to avoid the deprecation warning.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 5a3cea0..11e1d73 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -1961,14 +1961,14 @@ Deprecated Python modules, functions and methods
 asynchat
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-The :mod:`asynchat` has been deprecated in favor of :mod:`asyncio`.
+The :mod:`!asynchat` has been deprecated in favor of :mod:`asyncio`.
 (Contributed by Mariatta in :issue:`25002`.)
 
 
 asyncore
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-The :mod:`asyncore` has been deprecated in favor of :mod:`asyncio`.
+The :mod:`!asyncore` has been deprecated in favor of :mod:`asyncio`.
 (Contributed by Mariatta in :issue:`25002`.)
 
 
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
   :mod:`calendar`, :mod:`!cgi`, :mod:`csv`,
   :mod:`~xml.etree.ElementTree`, :mod:`enum`,
   :mod:`fileinput`, :mod:`ftplib`, :mod:`logging`, :mod:`mailbox`,
-  :mod:`mimetypes`, :mod:`optparse`, :mod:`plistlib`, :mod:`smtpd`,
+  :mod:`mimetypes`, :mod:`optparse`, :mod:`plistlib`, :mod:`!smtpd`,
   :mod:`subprocess`, :mod:`tarfile`, :mod:`threading` and
   :mod:`wave`.  This means they will export new symbols when ``import *``
   is used.
@@ -2219,11 +2219,11 @@ Changes in the Python API
   an error (e.g. ``EBADF``) was reported by the underlying system call.
   (Contributed by Martin Panter in :issue:`26685`.)
 
-* The *decode_data* argument for the :class:`smtpd.SMTPChannel` and
-  :class:`smtpd.SMTPServer` constructors is now ``False`` by default.
+* The *decode_data* argument for the :class:`!smtpd.SMTPChannel` and
+  :class:`!smtpd.SMTPServer` constructors is now ``False`` by default.
   This means that the argument passed to
-  :meth:`~smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message` is now a bytes object by
-  default, and ``process_message()`` will be passed keyword arguments.
+  :meth:`!process_message` is now a bytes object by
+  default, and :meth:`!process_message` will be passed keyword arguments.
   Code that has already been updated in accordance with the deprecation
   warning generated by 3.5 will not be affected.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 775a45a..402b15a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -2304,9 +2304,9 @@ Changes in the Python API
 * The :attr:`struct.Struct.format` type is now :class:`str` instead of
   :class:`bytes`. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`21071`.)
 
-* :func:`~cgi.parse_multipart` now accepts the *encoding* and *errors*
+* :func:`!cgi.parse_multipart` now accepts the *encoding* and *errors*
   arguments and returns the same results as
-  :class:`~FieldStorage`: for non-file fields, the value associated to a key
+  :class:`!FieldStorage`: for non-file fields, the value associated to a key
   is a list of strings, not bytes.
   (Contributed by Pierre Quentel in :issue:`29979`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index e4dcb9b..d373fa1 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ pathlib
 contain characters unrepresentable at the OS level.
 (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`33721`.)
 
-Added :meth:`pathlib.Path.link_to()` which creates a hard link pointing
+Added :meth:`!pathlib.Path.link_to()` which creates a hard link pointing
 to a path.
 (Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye in :issue:`26978`)
 Note that ``link_to`` was deprecated in 3.10 and removed in 3.12 in
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index 0c85fe1..f7ad437 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ Deprecated
 * Passing ``None`` as the first argument to the :func:`shlex.split` function
   has been deprecated.  (Contributed by Zackery Spytz in :issue:`33262`.)
 
-* :func:`smtpd.MailmanProxy` is now deprecated as it is unusable without
+* :func:`!smtpd.MailmanProxy` is now deprecated as it is unusable without
   an external module, ``mailman``.  (Contributed by Samuel Colvin in :issue:`35800`.)
 
 * The :mod:`!lib2to3` module now emits a :exc:`PendingDeprecationWarning`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst
index 731eed3..3186de7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst
@@ -2527,7 +2527,7 @@ in Python 3.4 and removed in Python 3.5.
 .. nonce: BE7zbu
 .. section: Library
 
-Fix `cgi.parse_multipart` without content_length. Patch by Roger Duran
+Fix ``cgi.parse_multipart`` without content_length. Patch by Roger Duran
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst
index ba7fb51..63abcbd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ always available when needed. Patch by Mark Shannon.
 .. nonce: qKnSqV
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
-The threading debug (:envvar:`PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable) is
+The threading debug (:envvar:`!PYTHONTHREADDEBUG` environment variable) is
 deprecated in Python 3.10 and will be removed in Python 3.12. This feature
 requires a debug build of Python. Patch by Victor Stinner.
 
@@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ behaves differently than the similar implementation in :mod:`sysconfig`.
 .. nonce: 3hmkWw
 .. section: Library
 
-:class:`smtpd.MailmanProxy` is now removed as it is unusable without an
+:class:`!smtpd.MailmanProxy` is now removed as it is unusable without an
 external module, ``mailman``. Patch by Donghee Na.
 
 ..
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a7.rst
index 79557d5..7669963 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a7.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a7.rst
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ Fix :class:`asyncio.Semaphore` re-aquiring FIFO order.
 .. nonce: uaEDcI
 .. section: Library
 
-The :mod:`asynchat`, :mod:`asyncore` and  :mod:`smtpd` modules have been
+The :mod:`!asynchat`, :mod:`!asyncore` and  :mod:`!smtpd` modules have been
 deprecated since at least Python 3.6. Their documentation and deprecation
 warnings and have now been updated to note they will removed in Python 3.12
 (:pep:`594`).
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ extensions.
 .. section: Tests
 
 A test case for :func:`os.sendfile` is converted from deprecated
-:mod:`asyncore` (see :pep:`594`) to :mod:`asyncio`. Patch by Oleg Iarygin.
+:mod:`!asyncore` (see :pep:`594`) to :mod:`asyncio`. Patch by Oleg Iarygin.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a1.rst
index 29d04fa..81ef690 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a1.rst
@@ -3617,7 +3617,7 @@ allow access to handlers by name.
 .. nonce: uw6x5z
 .. section: Library
 
-The :mod:`smtpd` module was removed per the schedule in :pep:`594`.
+The :mod:`!smtpd` module was removed per the schedule in :pep:`594`.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst
index 1a04ed4..dbc743a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Make sure ``patch.dict()`` can be applied on async functions.
 .. nonce: jUpzF3
 .. section: Library
 
-Remove modules :mod:`asyncore` and :mod:`asynchat`, which were deprecated by
+Remove modules :mod:`!asyncore` and :mod:`!asynchat`, which were deprecated by
 :pep:`594`.
 
 ..
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
index 99f4086..b56cda8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a1.rst
@@ -2006,8 +2006,8 @@ Improved support of custom data descriptors in :func:`help` and
 .. nonce: V4kNN3
 .. section: Library
 
-The `crypt` module now internally uses the `crypt_r()` library function
-instead of `crypt()` when available.
+The ``crypt`` module now internally uses the ``crypt_r()`` library function
+instead of ``crypt()`` when available.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst
index 7e8bfa5..3097245 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ all tags in a namespace.  Patch by Stefan Behnel.
 .. nonce: Lpm-SI
 .. section: Library
 
-`pathlib.path.link_to()` is now implemented. It creates a hard link pointing
+``pathlib.path.link_to()`` is now implemented. It creates a hard link pointing
 to a path.
 
 ..