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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-01-22 18:29:28 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-01-22 18:29:28 (GMT)
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Clarify wording.
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@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ Inline markup
As said before, Sphinx uses interpreted text roles to insert semantic markup in
documents.
-Variable names are an exception, they should be marked simply with ``*var*``.
+Names of local variables, such as function/method arguments, are an exception,
+they should be marked simply with ``*var*``.
For all other roles, you have to write ``:rolename:`content```.
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ a matching identifier is found:
.. describe:: data
- The name of a module-level variable.
+ The name of a module-level variable or constant.
.. describe:: const