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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2008-09-30 13:01:46 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2008-09-30 13:01:46 (GMT)
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Markup fixes. (optparse.rst probably needs an entire revision pass.)
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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ctypes.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/optparse.rst28
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/subprocess.rst2
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index d649d1d..8e920f8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ ctypes private copy to `value` and returns the former value.
The *use_last_error* parameter, when set to True, enables the same
mechanism for the Windows error code which is managed by the
-GetLastError() and SetLastError() Windows api functions;
+:func:`GetLastError` and :func:`SetLastError` Windows API functions;
`ctypes.get_last_error()` and `ctypes.set_last_error(value)` are used
to request and change the ctypes private copy of the windows error
code.
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index 76805fe..311655d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ There are two broad classes of errors that :mod:`optparse` has to worry about:
programmer errors and user errors. Programmer errors are usually erroneous
calls to ``parser.add_option()``, e.g. invalid option strings, unknown option
attributes, missing option attributes, etc. These are dealt with in the usual
-way: raise an exception (either ``optparse.OptionError`` or ``TypeError``) and
+way: raise an exception (either ``optparse.OptionError`` or :exc:`TypeError`) and
let the program crash.
Handling user errors is much more important, since they are guaranteed to happen
@@ -799,10 +799,10 @@ And to define an option with only a long option string::
The keyword arguments define attributes of the new Option object. The most
important option attribute is :attr:`action`, and it largely determines which
other attributes are relevant or required. If you pass irrelevant option
-attributes, or fail to pass required ones, :mod:`optparse` raises an OptionError
-exception explaining your mistake.
+attributes, or fail to pass required ones, :mod:`optparse` raises an
+:exc:`OptionError` exception explaining your mistake.
-An options's *action* determines what :mod:`optparse` does when it encounters
+An option's *action* determines what :mod:`optparse` does when it encounters
this option on the command-line. The standard option actions hard-coded into
:mod:`optparse` are:
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ Option attributes
The following option attributes may be passed as keyword arguments to
``parser.add_option()``. If you pass an option attribute that is not relevant
to a particular option, or fail to pass a required option attribute,
-:mod:`optparse` raises OptionError.
+:mod:`optparse` raises :exc:`OptionError`.
* :attr:`action` (default: ``"store"``)
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ although with a more useful error message.
``choice`` options are a subtype of ``string`` options. The ``choices`` option
attribute (a sequence of strings) defines the set of allowed option arguments.
``optparse.check_choice()`` compares user-supplied option arguments against this
-master list and raises OptionValueError if an invalid string is given.
+master list and raises :exc:`OptionValueError` if an invalid string is given.
.. _optparse-parsing-arguments:
@@ -1225,10 +1225,10 @@ OptionParser provides several methods to help you out:
(e.g., ``"-q"`` or ``"--verbose"``).
``remove_option(opt_str)``
- If the OptionParser has an option corresponding to ``opt_str``, that option is
+ If the :class:`OptionParser` has an option corresponding to ``opt_str``, that option is
removed. If that option provided any other option strings, all of those option
strings become invalid. If ``opt_str`` does not occur in any option belonging to
- this OptionParser, raises ValueError.
+ this :class:`OptionParser`, raises :exc:`ValueError`.
.. _optparse-conflicts-between-options:
@@ -1259,13 +1259,13 @@ or with a separate call::
The available conflict handlers are:
``error`` (default)
- assume option conflicts are a programming error and raise OptionConflictError
+ assume option conflicts are a programming error and raise :exc:`OptionConflictError`
``resolve``
resolve option conflicts intelligently (see below)
-As an example, let's define an OptionParser that resolves conflicts
+As an example, let's define an :class:`OptionParser` that resolves conflicts
intelligently and add conflicting options to it::
parser = OptionParser(conflict_handler="resolve")
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ where
Raising errors in a callback
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The callback function should raise OptionValueError if there are any problems
+The callback function should raise :exc:`OptionValueError` if there are any problems
with the option or its argument(s). :mod:`optparse` catches this and terminates
the program, printing the error message you supply to stderr. Your message
should be clear, concise, accurate, and mention the option at fault. Otherwise,
@@ -1696,9 +1696,9 @@ type-checking function will wind up in the OptionValues instance returned by
:meth:`OptionParser.parse_args`, or be passed to a callback as the ``value``
parameter.
-Your type-checking function should raise OptionValueError if it encounters any
-problems. OptionValueError takes a single string argument, which is passed
-as-is to OptionParser's :meth:`error` method, which in turn prepends the program
+Your type-checking function should raise :exc:`OptionValueError` if it encounters any
+problems. :exc:`OptionValueError` takes a single string argument, which is passed
+as-is to :class:`OptionParser`'s :meth:`error` method, which in turn prepends the program
name and the string ``"error:"`` and prints everything to stderr before
terminating the process.
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index b147734..1e1f03e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ This module also defines two shortcut functions:
.. function:: check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete. If the exit code was
- zero then return, otherwise raise :exc:`CalledProcessError.` The
+ zero then return, otherwise raise :exc:`CalledProcessError`. The
:exc:`CalledProcessError` object will have the return code in the
:attr:`returncode` attribute.