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diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst index b6d4f08..0925e82 100644 --- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst +++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ It defines the following functions: The various functions or classes take the following arguments: *encode* and *decode*: These must be functions or methods which have the same - interface as the :meth:`encode`/:meth:`decode` methods of Codec instances (see - Codec Interface). The functions/methods are expected to work in a stateless - mode. + interface as the :meth:`~Codec.encode`/:meth:`~Codec.decode` methods of Codec + instances (see :ref:`Codec Interface <codec-objects>`). The functions/methods + are expected to work in a stateless mode. *incrementalencoder* and *incrementaldecoder*: These have to be factory functions providing the following interface: @@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ implement the file protocols. The :class:`Codec` class defines the interface for stateless encoders/decoders. -To simplify and standardize error handling, the :meth:`encode` and -:meth:`decode` methods may implement different error handling schemes by +To simplify and standardize error handling, the :meth:`~Codec.encode` and +:meth:`~Codec.decode` methods may implement different error handling schemes by providing the *errors* string argument. The following string values are defined and implemented by all standard Python codecs: @@ -428,12 +428,14 @@ interfaces of the stateless encoder and decoder: The :class:`IncrementalEncoder` and :class:`IncrementalDecoder` classes provide the basic interface for incremental encoding and decoding. Encoding/decoding the input isn't done with one call to the stateless encoder/decoder function, but -with multiple calls to the :meth:`encode`/:meth:`decode` method of the -incremental encoder/decoder. The incremental encoder/decoder keeps track of the -encoding/decoding process during method calls. - -The joined output of calls to the :meth:`encode`/:meth:`decode` method is the -same as if all the single inputs were joined into one, and this input was +with multiple calls to the +:meth:`~IncrementalEncoder.encode`/:meth:`~IncrementalDecoder.decode` method of +the incremental encoder/decoder. The incremental encoder/decoder keeps track of +the encoding/decoding process during method calls. + +The joined output of calls to the +:meth:`~IncrementalEncoder.encode`/:meth:`~IncrementalDecoder.decode` method is +the same as if all the single inputs were joined into one, and this input was encoded/decoded with the stateless encoder/decoder. |