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authorCheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella@gmail.com>2018-12-24 05:09:09 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2018-12-24 05:09:09 (GMT)
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bpo-35566: Add links to annotation glossary term (GH-11291)
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/dataclasses.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst8
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
index 072a500..db5c3e0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Module-level decorators, classes, and functions
The :func:`dataclass` decorator examines the class to find
``field``\s. A ``field`` is defined as class variable that has a
- type annotation. With two exceptions described below, nothing in
- :func:`dataclass` examines the type specified in the variable
- annotation.
+ :term:`type annotation <variable annotation>`. With two
+ exceptions described below, nothing in :func:`dataclass`
+ examines the type specified in the variable annotation.
The order of the fields in all of the generated methods is the
order in which they appear in the class definition.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index a83b561..42fa864 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ used keyword arguments.
single: ->; function annotations
single: : (colon); function annotations
-Parameters may have annotations of the form "``: expression``" following the
-parameter name. Any parameter may have an annotation even those of the form
+Parameters may have an :term:`annotation <function annotation>` of the form "``: expression``"
+following the parameter name. Any parameter may have an annotation, even those of the form
``*identifier`` or ``**identifier``. Functions may have "return" annotation of
the form "``-> expression``" after the parameter list. These annotations can be
any valid Python expression. The presence of annotations does not change the
diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 0efbe1c..00964af 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ Annotated assignment statements
single: statement; assignment, annotated
single: : (colon); annotated variable
-Annotation assignment is the combination, in a single statement,
-of a variable or attribute annotation and an optional assignment statement:
+:term:`Annotation <variable annotation>` assignment is the combination, in a single
+statement, of a variable or attribute annotation and an optional assignment statement:
.. productionlist::
annotated_assignment_stmt: `augtarget` ":" `expression` ["=" `expression`]
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index 08eaa66..9057345 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -682,10 +682,10 @@ Function Annotations
information about the types used by user-defined functions (see :pep:`3107` and
:pep:`484` for more information).
-Annotations are stored in the :attr:`__annotations__` attribute of the function
-as a dictionary and have no effect on any other part of the function. Parameter
-annotations are defined by a colon after the parameter name, followed by an
-expression evaluating to the value of the annotation. Return annotations are
+:term:`Annotations <function annotation>` are stored in the :attr:`__annotations__`
+attribute of the function as a dictionary and have no effect on any other part of the
+function. Parameter annotations are defined by a colon after the parameter name, followed
+by an expression evaluating to the value of the annotation. Return annotations are
defined by a literal ``->``, followed by an expression, between the parameter
list and the colon denoting the end of the :keyword:`def` statement. The
following example has a positional argument, a keyword argument, and the return