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authorErlend E. Aasland <erlend@python.org>2023-07-23 20:56:56 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-07-23 20:56:56 (GMT)
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gh-106948: Docs: Disable links for C standard library functions, OS utility functions and system calls (#107062)
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library')
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mailbox.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/select.rst42
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/signal.rst2
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
index 56908de..91df07d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
unlock()
Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the
- :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls.
+ :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls.
.. seealso::
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
unlock()
Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the
- :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls. For MH mailboxes, locking
+ :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls. For MH mailboxes, locking
the mailbox means locking the :file:`.mh_sequences` file and, only for the
duration of any operations that affect them, locking individual message
files.
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
unlock()
Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the
- :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls.
+ :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls.
.. seealso::
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
unlock()
Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the
- :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls.
+ :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls.
.. seealso::
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 5740591..bbf227a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -714,14 +714,14 @@ process and user.
.. function:: getsid(pid, /)
- Call the system call :c:func:`getsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics.
+ Call the system call :c:func:`!getsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics.
.. availability:: Unix, not Emscripten, not WASI.
.. function:: setsid()
- Call the system call :c:func:`setsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics.
+ Call the system call :c:func:`!setsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics.
.. availability:: Unix, not Emscripten, not WASI.
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ process and user.
.. function:: strerror(code, /)
Return the error message corresponding to the error code in *code*.
- On platforms where :c:func:`strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown
+ On platforms where :c:func:`!strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown
error number, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index b0891b0..c2941e6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
--------------
-This module provides access to the :c:func:`select` and :c:func:`poll` functions
-available in most operating systems, :c:func:`devpoll` available on
-Solaris and derivatives, :c:func:`epoll` available on Linux 2.5+ and
-:c:func:`kqueue` available on most BSD.
+This module provides access to the :c:func:`!select` and :c:func:`!poll` functions
+available in most operating systems, :c:func:`!devpoll` available on
+Solaris and derivatives, :c:func:`!epoll` available on Linux 2.5+ and
+:c:func:`!kqueue` available on most BSD.
Note that on Windows, it only works for sockets; on other operating systems,
it also works for other file types (in particular, on Unix, it works on pipes).
It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ The module defines the following:
polling object; see section :ref:`devpoll-objects` below for the
methods supported by devpoll objects.
- :c:func:`devpoll` objects are linked to the number of file
+ :c:func:`!devpoll` objects are linked to the number of file
descriptors allowed at the time of instantiation. If your program
- reduces this value, :c:func:`devpoll` will fail. If your program
- increases this value, :c:func:`devpoll` may return an
+ reduces this value, :c:func:`!devpoll` will fail. If your program
+ increases this value, :c:func:`!devpoll` may return an
incomplete list of active file descriptors.
The new file descriptor is :ref:`non-inheritable <fd_inheritance>`.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The module defines the following:
*sizehint* informs epoll about the expected number of events to be
registered. It must be positive, or ``-1`` to use the default. It is only
- used on older systems where :c:func:`epoll_create1` is not available;
+ used on older systems where :c:func:`!epoll_create1` is not available;
otherwise it has no effect (though its value is still checked).
*flags* is deprecated and completely ignored. However, when supplied, its
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The module defines the following:
.. function:: select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout])
- This is a straightforward interface to the Unix :c:func:`select` system call.
+ This is a straightforward interface to the Unix :c:func:`!select` system call.
The first three arguments are iterables of 'waitable objects': either
integers representing file descriptors or objects with a parameterless method
named :meth:`~io.IOBase.fileno` returning such an integer:
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The module defines the following:
.. index:: single: WinSock
File objects on Windows are not acceptable, but sockets are. On Windows,
- the underlying :c:func:`select` function is provided by the WinSock
+ the underlying :c:func:`!select` function is provided by the WinSock
library, and does not handle file descriptors that don't originate from
WinSock.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The module defines the following:
The minimum number of bytes which can be written without blocking to a pipe
when the pipe has been reported as ready for writing by :func:`~select.select`,
- :func:`poll` or another interface in this module. This doesn't apply
+ :func:`!poll` or another interface in this module. This doesn't apply
to other kind of file-like objects such as sockets.
This value is guaranteed by POSIX to be at least 512.
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ The module defines the following:
``/dev/poll`` Polling Objects
-----------------------------
-Solaris and derivatives have ``/dev/poll``. While :c:func:`select` is
-O(highest file descriptor) and :c:func:`poll` is O(number of file
+Solaris and derivatives have ``/dev/poll``. While :c:func:`!select` is
+O(highest file descriptor) and :c:func:`!poll` is O(number of file
descriptors), ``/dev/poll`` is O(active file descriptors).
-``/dev/poll`` behaviour is very close to the standard :c:func:`poll`
+``/dev/poll`` behaviour is very close to the standard :c:func:`!poll`
object.
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ object.
implement :meth:`!fileno`, so they can also be used as the argument.
*eventmask* is an optional bitmask describing the type of events you want to
- check for. The constants are the same that with :c:func:`poll`
+ check for. The constants are the same that with :c:func:`!poll`
object. The default value is a combination of the constants :const:`POLLIN`,
:const:`POLLPRI`, and :const:`POLLOUT`.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ object.
Registering a file descriptor that's already registered is not an
error, but the result is undefined. The appropriate action is to
unregister or modify it first. This is an important difference
- compared with :c:func:`poll`.
+ compared with :c:func:`!poll`.
.. method:: devpoll.modify(fd[, eventmask])
@@ -376,13 +376,13 @@ Edge and Level Trigger Polling (epoll) Objects
Polling Objects
---------------
-The :c:func:`poll` system call, supported on most Unix systems, provides better
+The :c:func:`!poll` system call, supported on most Unix systems, provides better
scalability for network servers that service many, many clients at the same
-time. :c:func:`poll` scales better because the system call only requires listing
-the file descriptors of interest, while :c:func:`select` builds a bitmap, turns
+time. :c:func:`!poll` scales better because the system call only requires listing
+the file descriptors of interest, while :c:func:`!select` builds a bitmap, turns
on bits for the fds of interest, and then afterward the whole bitmap has to be
-linearly scanned again. :c:func:`select` is O(highest file descriptor), while
-:c:func:`poll` is O(number of file descriptors).
+linearly scanned again. :c:func:`!select` is O(highest file descriptor), while
+:c:func:`!poll` is O(number of file descriptors).
.. method:: poll.register(fd[, eventmask])
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 523d1ac..e53315b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
Note that installing a signal handler with :func:`signal` will reset the
restart behaviour to interruptible by implicitly calling
- :c:func:`siginterrupt` with a true *flag* value for the given signal.
+ :c:func:`!siginterrupt` with a true *flag* value for the given signal.
.. function:: signal(signalnum, handler)