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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-04-09 06:08:05 (GMT)
committerBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-04-09 06:08:05 (GMT)
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Issue #17264: Fix cross refs and a markup error in extending/building.rst
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@@ -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