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-rw-r--r--Doc/documenting/markup.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/md5.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mimetools.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mimewriter.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mimify.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multifile.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/popen2.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/posixfile.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/rfc822.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/sets.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/sha.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stringprep.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/xmllib.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/zipfile.rst6
14 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
index 831fad9..ce042a5 100644
--- a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
+++ b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ As you can see, the module-specific markup consists of two directives, the
The ``synopsis`` option should consist of one sentence describing the
module's purpose -- it is currently only used in the Global Module Index.
+ The ``deprecated`` option can be given (with no value) to mark a module as
+ deprecated; it will be designated as such in various locations then.
+
.. describe:: moduleauthor
The ``moduleauthor`` directive, which can appear multiple times, names the
@@ -333,6 +336,13 @@ the current module, or the built-in function of that name. In contrast,
``:func:`foo.filter``` clearly refers to the ``filter`` function in the ``foo``
module.
+Normally, names in these roles are searched first without any further
+qualification, then with the current module name prepended, then with the
+current module and class name (if any) prepended. If you prefix the name with a
+dot, this order is reversed. For example, in the documentation of the
+:mod:`codecs` module, ``:func:`open``` always refers to the built-in function,
+while ``:func:`.open``` refers to :func:`codecs.open`.
+
A similar heuristic is used to determine whether the name is an attribute of
the currently documented class.
diff --git a/Doc/library/md5.rst b/Doc/library/md5.rst
index 4408372..0495ff5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/md5.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/md5.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: md5
:synopsis: RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm.
+ :deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.5
diff --git a/Doc/library/mimetools.rst b/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
index 603bec6..8da385e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: mimetools
:synopsis: Tools for parsing MIME-style message bodies.
+ :deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/mimewriter.rst b/Doc/library/mimewriter.rst
index cf93473..2070ff6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimewriter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimewriter.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
.. module:: MimeWriter
:synopsis: Write MIME format files.
+ :deprecated:
.. sectionauthor:: Christopher G. Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org>
diff --git a/Doc/library/mimify.rst b/Doc/library/mimify.rst
index c5e1359..da0eacc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimify.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimify.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: mimify
:synopsis: Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.
+ :deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/multifile.rst b/Doc/library/multifile.rst
index c36ccb7..3e79229 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multifile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multifile.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: multifile
:synopsis: Support for reading files which contain distinct parts, such as some MIME data.
+ :deprecated:
.. sectionauthor:: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/popen2.rst b/Doc/library/popen2.rst
index d685785..826dff0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/popen2.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/popen2.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: popen2
:synopsis: Subprocesses with accessible standard I/O streams.
+ :deprecated:
.. sectionauthor:: Drew Csillag <drew_csillag@geocities.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/posixfile.rst b/Doc/library/posixfile.rst
index ec58b94..5ed3483 100644
--- a/Doc/library/posixfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/posixfile.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
.. module:: posixfile
:platform: Unix
:synopsis: A file-like object with support for locking.
+ :deprecated:
.. moduleauthor:: Jaap Vermeulen
.. sectionauthor:: Jaap Vermeulen
diff --git a/Doc/library/rfc822.rst b/Doc/library/rfc822.rst
index fa25ba5..52df013 100644
--- a/Doc/library/rfc822.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/rfc822.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: rfc822
:synopsis: Parse 2822 style mail messages.
+ :deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/sets.rst b/Doc/library/sets.rst
index 10cd6a0..f9f8b59 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sets.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sets.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: sets
:synopsis: Implementation of sets of unique elements.
+ :deprecated:
.. moduleauthor:: Greg V. Wilson <gvwilson@nevex.com>
.. moduleauthor:: Alex Martelli <aleax@aleax.it>
.. moduleauthor:: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
diff --git a/Doc/library/sha.rst b/Doc/library/sha.rst
index 7af043e..3851d94 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sha.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sha.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: sha
:synopsis: NIST's secure hash algorithm, SHA.
+ :deprecated:
.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
diff --git a/Doc/library/stringprep.rst b/Doc/library/stringprep.rst
index b0944e4..d2f269c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stringprep.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stringprep.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: stringprep
:synopsis: String preparation, as per RFC 3453
+ :deprecated:
.. moduleauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
.. sectionauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmllib.rst b/Doc/library/xmllib.rst
index 04ca27e..d14754c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xmllib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xmllib.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
.. module:: xmllib
:synopsis: A parser for XML documents.
+ :deprecated:
.. moduleauthor:: Sjoerd Mullender <Sjoerd.Mullender@cwi.nl>
.. sectionauthor:: Sjoerd Mullender <Sjoerd.Mullender@cwi.nl>
diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 5e51bfc..ccc3114 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ ZipFile Objects
.. note::
If the ZipFile was created by passing in a file-like object as the first
- argument to the constructor, then the object returned by :meth:`open` shares the
+ argument to the constructor, then the object returned by :meth:`.open` shares the
ZipFile's file pointer. Under these circumstances, the object returned by
- :meth:`open` should not be used after any additional operations are performed
+ :meth:`.open` should not be used after any additional operations are performed
on the ZipFile object. If the ZipFile was created by passing in a string (the
- filename) as the first argument to the constructor, then :meth:`open` will
+ filename) as the first argument to the constructor, then :meth:`.open` will
create a new file object that will be held by the ZipExtFile, allowing it to
operate independently of the ZipFile.