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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)
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@@ -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