Last round of adapting style of documenting argument default values.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index fdf6c8a..b05641c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authentication, redirections, cookies and more.
 The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
 
 
-.. function:: urlopen(url[, data][, timeout])
+.. function:: urlopen(url, data=None[, timeout])
 
    Open the URL *url*, which can be either a string or a
    :class:`Request` object.
@@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
    :class:`HTTPRedirectHandler`, :class:`FTPHandler`, :class:`FileHandler`,
    :class:`HTTPErrorProcessor`.
 
-   If the Python installation has SSL support (i.e., if the :mod:`ssl` module can be imported),
-   :class:`HTTPSHandler` will also be added.
+   If the Python installation has SSL support (i.e., if the :mod:`ssl` module
+   can be imported), :class:`HTTPSHandler` will also be added.
 
    A :class:`BaseHandler` subclass may also change its :attr:`handler_order`
    member variable to modify its position in the handlers list.
 
-.. function:: urlretrieve(url[, filename[, reporthook[, data]]])
+
+.. function:: urlretrieve(url, filename=None, reporthook=None, data=None)
 
    Copy a network object denoted by a URL to a local file, if necessary. If the URL
    points to a local file, or a valid cached copy of the object exists, the object
@@ -160,9 +161,10 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
    path.  This does not accept a complete URL.  This function uses :func:`unquote`
    to decode *path*.
 
+
 The following classes are provided:
 
-.. class:: Request(url[, data][, headers][, origin_req_host][, unverifiable])
+.. class:: Request(url, data=None, headers={}, origin_req_host=None, unverifiable=False)
 
    This class is an abstraction of a URL request.
 
@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@ The following classes are provided:
    document, and the user had no option to approve the automatic
    fetching of the image, this should be true.
 
-.. class:: URLopener([proxies[, **x509]])
+
+.. class:: URLopener(proxies=None, **x509)
 
    Base class for opening and reading URLs.  Unless you need to support opening
    objects using schemes other than :file:`http:`, :file:`ftp:`, or :file:`file:`,
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    :class:`URLopener` objects will raise an :exc:`IOError` exception if the server
    returns an error code.
 
-    .. method:: open(fullurl[, data])
+    .. method:: open(fullurl, data=None)
 
        Open *fullurl* using the appropriate protocol.  This method sets up cache and
        proxy information, then calls the appropriate open method with its input
@@ -239,12 +242,12 @@ The following classes are provided:
        :func:`urlopen`.
 
 
-    .. method:: open_unknown(fullurl[, data])
+    .. method:: open_unknown(fullurl, data=None)
 
        Overridable interface to open unknown URL types.
 
 
-    .. method:: retrieve(url[, filename[, reporthook[, data]]])
+    .. method:: retrieve(url, filename=None, reporthook=None, data=None)
 
        Retrieves the contents of *url* and places it in *filename*.  The return value
        is a tuple consisting of a local filename and either a
@@ -337,12 +340,12 @@ The following classes are provided:
    A class to handle redirections.
 
 
-.. class:: HTTPCookieProcessor([cookiejar])
+.. class:: HTTPCookieProcessor(cookiejar=None)
 
    A class to handle HTTP Cookies.
 
 
-.. class:: ProxyHandler([proxies])
+.. class:: ProxyHandler(proxies=None)
 
    Cause requests to go through a proxy. If *proxies* is given, it must be a
    dictionary mapping protocol names to URLs of proxies. The default is to read the
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    fits.
 
 
-.. class:: AbstractBasicAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: AbstractBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    This is a mixin class that helps with HTTP authentication, both to the remote
    host and to a proxy. *password_mgr*, if given, should be something that is
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    supported.
 
 
-.. class:: HTTPBasicAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    Handle authentication with the remote host. *password_mgr*, if given, should be
    something that is compatible with :class:`HTTPPasswordMgr`; refer to section
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    supported.
 
 
-.. class:: ProxyBasicAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: ProxyBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    Handle authentication with the proxy. *password_mgr*, if given, should be
    something that is compatible with :class:`HTTPPasswordMgr`; refer to section
@@ -387,7 +390,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    supported.
 
 
-.. class:: AbstractDigestAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: AbstractDigestAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    This is a mixin class that helps with HTTP authentication, both to the remote
    host and to a proxy. *password_mgr*, if given, should be something that is
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    supported.
 
 
-.. class:: HTTPDigestAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: HTTPDigestAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    Handle authentication with the remote host. *password_mgr*, if given, should be
    something that is compatible with :class:`HTTPPasswordMgr`; refer to section
@@ -404,7 +407,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
    supported.
 
 
-.. class:: ProxyDigestAuthHandler([password_mgr])
+.. class:: ProxyDigestAuthHandler(password_mgr=None)
 
    Handle authentication with the proxy. *password_mgr*, if given, should be
    something that is compatible with :class:`HTTPPasswordMgr`; refer to section
@@ -597,7 +600,7 @@ OpenerDirector Objects
      post-process *protocol* responses.
 
 
-.. method:: OpenerDirector.open(url[, data][, timeout])
+.. method:: OpenerDirector.open(url, data=None[, timeout])
 
    Open the given *url* (which can be a request object or a string), optionally
    passing the given *data*. Arguments, return values and exceptions raised are
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ OpenerDirector Objects
    HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections).
 
 
-.. method:: OpenerDirector.error(proto[, arg[, ...]])
+.. method:: OpenerDirector.error(proto, *args)
 
    Handle an error of the given protocol.  This will call the registered error
    handlers for the given protocol with the given arguments (which are protocol