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author | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-04-09 06:08:05 (GMT) |
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committer | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-04-09 06:08:05 (GMT) |
commit | 705c0e38c2157b432edd33440c21298a12771c42 (patch) | |
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Issue #17264: Fix cross refs and a markup error in extending/building.rst
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diff --git a/Doc/extending/building.rst b/Doc/extending/building.rst index 4a30181..b5ccee7 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/building.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/building.rst @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ It is possible to export multiple modules from a single shared library by defining multiple initialization functions. However, importing them requires using symbolic links or a custom importer, because by default only the function corresponding to the filename is found. -See :PEP:`489#multiple-modules-in-one-library` for details. +See the *"Multiple modules in one library"* section in :pep:`489` for details. .. highlightlang:: c @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ distutils; this section explains building extension modules only. It is common to pre-compute arguments to :func:`setup`, to better structure the driver script. In the example above, the ``ext_modules`` argument to -:func:`setup` is a list of extension modules, each of which is an instance of +:func:`~distutils.core.setup` is a list of extension modules, each of which is +an instance of the :class:`~distutils.extension.Extension`. In the example, the instance defines an extension named ``demo`` which is build by compiling a single source file, :file:`demo.c`. @@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ example below. :: ext_modules = [module1]) -In this example, :func:`setup` is called with additional meta-information, which +In this example, :func:`~distutils.core.setup` is called with additional +meta-information, which is recommended when distribution packages have to be built. For the extension itself, it specifies preprocessor defines, include directories, library directories, and libraries. Depending on the compiler, distutils passes this @@ -150,8 +152,7 @@ Module maintainers should produce source packages; to do so, they run :: python setup.py sdist In some cases, additional files need to be included in a source distribution; -this is done through a :file:`MANIFEST.in` file; see the distutils documentation -for details. +this is done through a :file:`MANIFEST.in` file; see :ref:`manifest` for details. If the source distribution has been build successfully, maintainers can also create binary distributions. Depending on the platform, one of the following |