Issue #24314: Merge doc links from 3.5

14 files changed, 69 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
index 904b4b1..34f8443 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ Module Objects
    .. index:: single: __dict__ (module attribute)
 
    Return the dictionary object that implements *module*'s namespace; this object
-   is the same as the :attr:`__dict__` attribute of the module object.  This
+   is the same as the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute of the module object.  This
    function never fails.  It is recommended extensions use other
    :c:func:`PyModule_\*` and :c:func:`PyObject_\*` functions rather than directly
-   manipulate a module's :attr:`__dict__`.
+   manipulate a module's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyModule_GetNameObject(PyObject *module)
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
index ac589b8..2c448a0 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
    For statically allocated type objects, the tp_name field should contain a dot.
    Everything before the last dot is made accessible as the :attr:`__module__`
    attribute, and everything after the last dot is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`__name__` attribute.
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute.
 
    If no dot is present, the entire :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_name` field is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`__module__` attribute is undefined
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`__module__` attribute is undefined
    (unless explicitly set in the dictionary, as explained above).  This means your
    type will be impossible to pickle.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/builtins.rst b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
index 4b589a5..8fb1fef 100644
--- a/Doc/library/builtins.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ that wants to implement an :func:`open` function that wraps the built-in
 
 As an implementation detail, most modules have the name ``__builtins__`` made
 available as part of their globals.  The value of ``__builtins__`` is normally
-either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
 Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate
 implementations of Python.
diff --git a/Doc/library/enum.rst b/Doc/library/enum.rst
index 99a7f8e..2111d1c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/enum.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ The solution is to specify the module name explicitly as follows::
     the source, pickling will be disabled.
 
 The new pickle protocol 4 also, in some circumstances, relies on
-:attr:`__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
+:attr:`~definition.__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
 to find the class.  For example, if the class was made available in class
 SomeData in the global scope::
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 5757ca4..1f13afc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    :func:`dir` reports their attributes.
 
    If the object does not provide :meth:`__dir__`, the function tries its best to
-   gather information from the object's :attr:`__dict__` attribute, if defined, and
+   gather information from the object's :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute, if defined, and
    from its type object.  The resulting list is not necessarily complete, and may
    be inaccurate when the object has a custom :func:`__getattr__`.
 
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
    With three arguments, return a new type object.  This is essentially a
    dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is the
-   class name and becomes the :attr:`~class.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
+   class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
    tuple itemizes the base classes and becomes the :attr:`~class.__bases__`
    attribute; and the *dict* dictionary is the namespace containing definitions
    for class body and is copied to a standard dictionary to become the
@@ -1467,11 +1467,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 .. function:: vars([object])
 
    Return the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute for a module, class, instance,
-   or any other object with a :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+   or any other object with a :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
 
-   Objects such as modules and instances have an updateable :attr:`__dict__`
+   Objects such as modules and instances have an updateable :attr:`~object.__dict__`
    attribute; however, other objects may have write restrictions on their
-   :attr:`__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
    dictproxy to prevent direct dictionary updates).
 
    Without an argument, :func:`vars` acts like :func:`locals`.  Note, the
diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index abdd66f..127e3fa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ have three read-only attributes:
 
 :class:`partial` objects are like :class:`function` objects in that they are
 callable, weak referencable, and can have attributes.  There are some important
-differences.  For instance, the :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
+differences.  For instance, the :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
 are not created automatically.  Also, :class:`partial` objects defined in
 classes behave like static methods and do not transform into bound methods
 during instance attribute look-up.
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 91c585e..5cb7c22 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@ attributes:
    are true.
 
    This, for example, is true of ``int.__add__``.  An object passing this test
-   has a :attr:`__get__` attribute but not a :attr:`__set__` attribute, but
-   beyond that the set of attributes varies.  :attr:`__name__` is usually
+   has a :meth:`~object.__get__` method but not a :meth:`~object.__set__`
+   method, but beyond that the set of attributes varies.  A
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute is usually
    sensible, and :attr:`__doc__` often is.
 
    Methods implemented via descriptors that also pass one of the other tests
@@ -369,11 +370,11 @@ attributes:
 
    Return true if the object is a data descriptor.
 
-   Data descriptors have both a :attr:`__get__` and a :attr:`__set__` attribute.
+   Data descriptors have both a :attr:`~object.__get__` and a :attr:`~object.__set__` method.
    Examples are properties (defined in Python), getsets, and members.  The
    latter two are defined in C and there are more specific tests available for
    those types, which is robust across Python implementations.  Typically, data
-   descriptors will also have :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
+   descriptors will also have :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
    (properties, getsets, and members have both of these attributes), but this is
    not guaranteed.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 5baa4bf..0ade172 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -4361,9 +4361,10 @@ an (external) *definition* for a module named *foo* somewhere.)
 A special attribute of every module is :attr:`~object.__dict__`. This is the
 dictionary containing the module's symbol table. Modifying this dictionary will
 actually change the module's symbol table, but direct assignment to the
-:attr:`__dict__` attribute is not possible (you can write
+:attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute is not possible (you can write
 ``m.__dict__['a'] = 1``, which defines ``m.a`` to be ``1``, but you can't write
-``m.__dict__ = {}``).  Modifying :attr:`__dict__` directly is not recommended.
+``m.__dict__ = {}``).  Modifying :attr:`~object.__dict__` directly is
+not recommended.
 
 Modules built into the interpreter are written like this: ``<module 'sys'
 (built-in)>``.  If loaded from a file, they are written as ``<module 'os' from
@@ -4576,14 +4577,16 @@ types, where they are relevant.  Some of these are not reported by the
    The tuple of base classes of a class object.
 
 
-.. attribute:: class.__name__
+.. attribute:: definition.__name__
 
-   The name of the class or type.
+   The name of the class, function, method, descriptor, or
+   generator instance.
 
 
-.. attribute:: class.__qualname__
+.. attribute:: definition.__qualname__
 
-   The :term:`qualified name` of the class or type.
+   The :term:`qualified name` of the class, function, method, descriptor,
+   or generator instance.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index c707452..4c88e38 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -454,6 +454,19 @@ Callable types
 
       .. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|l|
 
+      .. index::
+         single: __doc__ (function attribute)
+         single: __name__ (function attribute)
+         single: __module__ (function attribute)
+         single: __dict__ (function attribute)
+         single: __defaults__ (function attribute)
+         single: __closure__ (function attribute)
+         single: __code__ (function attribute)
+         single: __globals__ (function attribute)
+         single: __annotations__ (function attribute)
+         single: __kwdefaults__ (function attribute)
+         pair: global; namespace
+
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
       | Attribute               | Meaning                       |           |
       +=========================+===============================+===========+
@@ -462,10 +475,11 @@ Callable types
       |                         | unavailable; not inherited by |           |
       |                         | subclasses                    |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__name__`        | The function's name           | Writable  |
+      | :attr:`~definition.\    | The function's name           | Writable  |
+      | __name__`               |                               |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__qualname__`    | The function's                | Writable  |
-      |                         | :term:`qualified name`        |           |
+      | :attr:`~definition.\    | The function's                | Writable  |
+      | __qualname__`           | :term:`qualified name`        |           |
       |                         |                               |           |
       |                         | .. versionadded:: 3.3         |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
@@ -489,7 +503,7 @@ Callable types
       |                         | module in which the function  |           |
       |                         | was defined.                  |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__dict__`        | The namespace supporting      | Writable  |
+      | :attr:`~object.__dict__`| The namespace supporting      | Writable  |
       |                         | arbitrary function            |           |
       |                         | attributes.                   |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
@@ -519,19 +533,6 @@ Callable types
       Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved from its
       code object; see the description of internal types below.
 
-      .. index::
-         single: __doc__ (function attribute)
-         single: __name__ (function attribute)
-         single: __module__ (function attribute)
-         single: __dict__ (function attribute)
-         single: __defaults__ (function attribute)
-         single: __closure__ (function attribute)
-         single: __code__ (function attribute)
-         single: __globals__ (function attribute)
-         single: __annotations__ (function attribute)
-         single: __kwdefaults__ (function attribute)
-         pair: global; namespace
-
    Instance methods
       .. index::
          object: method
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ Callable types
 
       Special read-only attributes: :attr:`__self__` is the class instance object,
       :attr:`__func__` is the function object; :attr:`__doc__` is the method's
-      documentation (same as ``__func__.__doc__``); :attr:`__name__` is the
+      documentation (same as ``__func__.__doc__``); :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the
       method name (same as ``__func__.__name__``); :attr:`__module__` is the
       name of the module the method was defined in, or ``None`` if unavailable.
 
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@ Callable types
       standard built-in module). The number and type of the arguments are
       determined by the C function. Special read-only attributes:
       :attr:`__doc__` is the function's documentation string, or ``None`` if
-      unavailable; :attr:`__name__` is the function's name; :attr:`__self__` is
+      unavailable; :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the function's name; :attr:`__self__` is
       set to ``None`` (but see the next item); :attr:`__module__` is the name of
       the module the function was defined in or ``None`` if unavailable.
 
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@ Modules
 
    .. index:: single: __dict__ (module attribute)
 
-   Special read-only attribute: :attr:`__dict__` is the module's namespace as a
+   Special read-only attribute: :attr:`~object.__dict__` is the module's namespace as a
    dictionary object.
 
    .. impl-detail::
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ Custom classes
    method object, it is transformed into the object wrapped by the static method
    object. See section :ref:`descriptors` for another way in which attributes
    retrieved from a class may differ from those actually contained in its
-   :attr:`__dict__`.
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
    .. index:: triple: class; attribute; assignment
 
@@ -761,8 +762,8 @@ Custom classes
       single: __bases__ (class attribute)
       single: __doc__ (class attribute)
 
-   Special attributes: :attr:`__name__` is the class name; :attr:`__module__` is
-   the module name in which the class was defined; :attr:`__dict__` is the
+   Special attributes: :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the class name; :attr:`__module__` is
+   the module name in which the class was defined; :attr:`~object.__dict__` is the
    dictionary containing the class's namespace; :attr:`~class.__bases__` is a
    tuple (possibly empty or a singleton) containing the base classes, in the
    order of their occurrence in the base class list; :attr:`__doc__` is the
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ Class instances
    class method objects are also transformed; see above under "Classes".  See
    section :ref:`descriptors` for another way in which attributes of a class
    retrieved via its instances may differ from the objects actually stored in
-   the class's :attr:`__dict__`.  If no class attribute is found, and the
+   the class's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.  If no class attribute is found, and the
    object's class has a :meth:`__getattr__` method, that is called to satisfy
    the lookup.
 
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in an *owner* class (the
 descriptor must be in either the owner's class dictionary or in the class
 dictionary for one of its parents).  In the examples below, "the attribute"
 refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner
-class' :attr:`__dict__`.
+class' :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
 
 .. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner)
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 2489d75..03b77e0 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ Examples::
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 .. [#] Except for one thing.  Module objects have a secret read-only attribute called
-   :attr:`__dict__` which returns the dictionary used to implement the module's
-   namespace; the name :attr:`__dict__` is an attribute but not a global name.
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__` which returns the dictionary used to implement the module's
+   namespace; the name :attr:`~object.__dict__` is an attribute but not a global name.
    Obviously, using this violates the abstraction of namespace implementation, and
    should be restricted to things like post-mortem debuggers.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
index 6e192dc..6aae726 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ Python syntax::
    f.grammar = "A ::= B (C D)*"
 
 The dictionary containing attributes can be accessed as the function's
-:attr:`__dict__`. Unlike the :attr:`__dict__` attribute of class instances, in
-functions you can actually assign a new dictionary to :attr:`__dict__`, though
+:attr:`~object.__dict__`. Unlike the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute of class instances, in
+functions you can actually assign a new dictionary to :attr:`~object.__dict__`, though
 the new value is restricted to a regular Python dictionary; you *can't* be
 tricky and set it to a :class:`UserDict` instance, or any other random object
 that behaves like a mapping.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 885fd60..4e8d7fa 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ attributes and methods were supported by an object. There were some informal
 conventions, such as defining :attr:`__members__` and :attr:`__methods__`
 attributes that were lists of names, but often the author of an extension type
 or a class wouldn't bother to define them.  You could fall back on inspecting
-the :attr:`__dict__` of an object, but when class inheritance or an arbitrary
+the :attr:`~object.__dict__` of an object, but when class inheritance or an arbitrary
 :meth:`__getattr__` hook were in use this could still be inaccurate.
 
 The one big idea underlying the new class model is that an API for describing
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ possible, as well as more exotic constructs.
 Attribute descriptors are objects that live inside class objects, and have a few
 attributes of their own:
 
-* :attr:`__name__` is the attribute's name.
+* :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the attribute's name.
 
 * :attr:`__doc__` is the attribute's docstring.
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ However, Python 2.2's support for :dfn:`properties` will often be a simpler way
 to trap attribute references.  Writing a :meth:`__getattr__` method is
 complicated because to avoid recursion you can't use regular attribute accesses
 inside them, and instead have to mess around with the contents of
-:attr:`__dict__`. :meth:`__getattr__` methods also end up being called by Python
+:attr:`~object.__dict__`. :meth:`__getattr__` methods also end up being called by Python
 when it checks for other methods such as :meth:`__repr__` or :meth:`__coerce__`,
 and so have to be written with this in mind. Finally, calling a function on
 every attribute access results in a sizable performance loss.
@@ -357,15 +357,15 @@ write::
 That is certainly clearer and easier to write than a pair of
 :meth:`__getattr__`/:meth:`__setattr__` methods that check for the :attr:`size`
 attribute and handle it specially while retrieving all other attributes from the
-instance's :attr:`__dict__`.  Accesses to :attr:`size` are also the only ones
+instance's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.  Accesses to :attr:`size` are also the only ones
 which have to perform the work of calling a function, so references to other
 attributes run at their usual speed.
 
 Finally, it's possible to constrain the list of attributes that can be
-referenced on an object using the new :attr:`__slots__` class attribute. Python
+referenced on an object using the new :attr:`~object.__slots__` class attribute. Python
 objects are usually very dynamic; at any time it's possible to define a new
 attribute on an instance by just doing ``obj.new_attr=1``.   A new-style class
-can define a class attribute named :attr:`__slots__` to limit the legal
+can define a class attribute named :attr:`~object.__slots__` to limit the legal
 attributes  to a particular set of names.  An example will make this clear::
 
    >>> class C(object):
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ attributes  to a particular set of names.  An example will make this clear::
    AttributeError: 'C' object has no attribute 'newattr'
 
 Note how you get an :exc:`AttributeError` on the attempt to assign to an
-attribute not listed in :attr:`__slots__`.
+attribute not listed in :attr:`~object.__slots__`.
 
 
 .. _sect-rellinks:
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
index b8cdcf1..fe8368e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
@@ -1111,10 +1111,10 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.3 makes to the core Python language.
      <type '_socket.socket'>
 
 * One of the noted incompatibilities between old- and new-style classes has been
-  removed: you can now assign to the :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__bases__`
+  removed: you can now assign to the :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`~class.__bases__`
   attributes of new-style classes.  There are some restrictions on what can be
-  assigned to :attr:`__bases__` along the lines of those relating to assigning to
-  an instance's :attr:`__class__` attribute.
+  assigned to :attr:`~class.__bases__` along the lines of those relating to assigning to
+  an instance's :attr:`~instance.__class__` attribute.
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
 
 * If you dynamically allocate type objects in your extension, you should be
   aware of a change in the rules relating to the :attr:`__module__` and
-  :attr:`__name__` attributes.  In summary, you will want to ensure the type's
+  :attr:`~definition.__name__` attributes.  In summary, you will want to ensure the type's
   dictionary contains a ``'__module__'`` key; making the module name the part of
   the type name leading up to the final period will no longer have the desired
   effect.  For more detail, read the API reference documentation or the  source.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 044d7be..f53e4f8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ Operators And Special Methods
   :attr:`func_closure`, :attr:`func_code`, :attr:`func_defaults`,
   :attr:`func_dict`, :attr:`func_doc`, :attr:`func_globals`,
   :attr:`func_name` were renamed to :attr:`__closure__`,
-  :attr:`__code__`, :attr:`__defaults__`, :attr:`__dict__`,
-  :attr:`__doc__`, :attr:`__globals__`, :attr:`__name__`,
+  :attr:`__code__`, :attr:`__defaults__`, :attr:`~object.__dict__`,
+  :attr:`__doc__`, :attr:`__globals__`, :attr:`~definition.__name__`,
   respectively.
 
 * :meth:`__nonzero__` is now :meth:`__bool__`.