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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/distutils/examples.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/howto/pyporting.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ctypes.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/enum.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pickle.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/poplib.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/sys.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/test.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/xmlrpc.server.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst2
14 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 8e70560..bb8886d 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ NULL pointer for use in a ``return`` statement.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_FormatV(PyObject *exception, const char *format, va_list vargs)
- Same as :c:func:`PyErr_Format`, but taking a `va_list` argument rather
+ Same as :c:func:`PyErr_Format`, but taking a :c:type:`va_list` argument rather
than a variable number of arguments.
.. versionadded:: 3.5
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
index b08e023..2ca76a0 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
@@ -286,20 +286,20 @@ Reading the metadata
The :func:`distutils.core.setup` function provides a command-line interface
that allows you to query the metadata fields of a project through the
-`setup.py` script of a given project::
+``setup.py`` script of a given project::
$ python setup.py --name
distribute
-This call reads the `name` metadata by running the
+This call reads the ``name`` metadata by running the
:func:`distutils.core.setup` function. Although, when a source or binary
distribution is created with Distutils, the metadata fields are written
in a static file called :file:`PKG-INFO`. When a Distutils-based project is
installed in Python, the :file:`PKG-INFO` file is copied alongside the modules
and packages of the distribution under :file:`NAME-VERSION-pyX.X.egg-info`,
-where `NAME` is the name of the project, `VERSION` its version as defined
-in the Metadata, and `pyX.X` the major and minor version of Python like
-`2.7` or `3.2`.
+where ``NAME`` is the name of the project, ``VERSION`` its version as defined
+in the Metadata, and ``pyX.X`` the major and minor version of Python like
+``2.7`` or ``3.2``.
You can read back this static file, by using the
:class:`distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata` class and its
diff --git a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
index 68fa33a..5d648ad 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Update ``map`` for imbalanced input sequences
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
With Python 2, when ``map`` was given more than one input sequence it would pad
-the shorter sequences with `None` values, returning a sequence as long as the
+the shorter sequences with ``None`` values, returning a sequence as long as the
longest input sequence.
With Python 3, if the input sequences to ``map`` are of unequal length, ``map``
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index aff4253..8a85952 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ As we can easily check, our array is sorted now::
outside of Python's control (e.g. by the foreign code that calls the
callback), ctypes creates a new dummy Python thread on every invocation. This
behavior is correct for most purposes, but it means that values stored with
- `threading.local` will *not* survive across different callbacks, even when
+ :class:`threading.local` will *not* survive across different callbacks, even when
those calls are made from the same C thread.
.. _ctypes-accessing-values-exported-from-dlls:
diff --git a/Doc/library/enum.rst b/Doc/library/enum.rst
index 30e07a7..743a211 100644
--- a/Doc/library/enum.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ whitespace-separated string of names, a sequence of names, a sequence of
2-tuples with key/value pairs, or a mapping (e.g. dictionary) of names to
values. The last two options enable assigning arbitrary values to
enumerations; the others auto-assign increasing integers starting with 1 (use
-the `start` parameter to specify a different starting value). A
+the ``start`` parameter to specify a different starting value). A
new class derived from :class:`Enum` is returned. In other words, the above
assignment to :class:`Animal` is equivalent to::
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 3b47391..b919bbe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1965,18 +1965,18 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
.. method:: starmap(func, iterable[, chunksize])
- Like :meth:`map` except that the elements of the `iterable` are expected
+ Like :meth:`map` except that the elements of the *iterable* are expected
to be iterables that are unpacked as arguments.
- Hence an `iterable` of `[(1,2), (3, 4)]` results in `[func(1,2),
- func(3,4)]`.
+ Hence an *iterable* of ``[(1,2), (3, 4)]`` results in ``[func(1,2),
+ func(3,4)]``.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
.. method:: starmap_async(func, iterable[, chunksize[, callback[, error_back]]])
A combination of :meth:`starmap` and :meth:`map_async` that iterates over
- `iterable` of iterables and calls `func` with the iterables unpacked.
+ *iterable* of iterables and calls *func* with the iterables unpacked.
Returns a result object.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/pickle.rst b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
index ce5467f..47356f9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pickle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ methods:
.. method:: object.__getnewargs__()
This method serve a similar purpose as :meth:`__getnewargs_ex__` but
- for protocols 2 and newer. It must return a tuple of arguments `args`
+ for protocols 2 and newer. It must return a tuple of arguments ``args``
which will be passed to the :meth:`__new__` method upon unpickling.
In protocols 4 and newer, :meth:`__getnewargs__` will not be called if
diff --git a/Doc/library/poplib.rst b/Doc/library/poplib.rst
index bc7b3e7..45baad9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/poplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/poplib.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
This module defines a class, :class:`POP3`, which encapsulates a connection to a
POP3 server and implements the protocol as defined in :rfc:`1939`. The
:class:`POP3` class supports both the minimal and optional command sets from
-:rfc:`1939`. The :class:`POP3` class also supports the `STLS` command introduced
+:rfc:`1939`. The :class:`POP3` class also supports the ``STLS`` command introduced
in :rfc:`2595` to enable encrypted communication on an already established connection.
Additionally, this module provides a class :class:`POP3_SSL`, which provides
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index bee309e..3024086 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ always available.
an underscore, and are not described here. Regardless of its contents,
:data:`sys.implementation` will not change during a run of the interpreter,
nor between implementation versions. (It may change between Python
- language versions, however.) See `PEP 421` for more information.
+ language versions, however.) See :pep:`421` for more information.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/test.rst b/Doc/library/test.rst
index 7a7182a..974909e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/test.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/test.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ A basic boilerplate is often used::
This code pattern allows the testing suite to be run by :mod:`test.regrtest`,
on its own as a script that supports the :mod:`unittest` CLI, or via the
-`python -m unittest` CLI.
+``python -m unittest`` CLI.
The goal for regression testing is to try to break code. This leads to a few
guidelines to be followed:
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ guidelines to be followed:
arg = (1, 2, 3)
When using this pattern, remember that all classes that inherit from
- `unittest.TestCase` are run as tests. The `Mixin` class in the example above
+ :class:`unittest.TestCase` are run as tests. The :class:`Mixin` class in the example above
does not have any data and so can't be run by itself, thus it does not
- inherit from `unittest.TestCase`.
+ inherit from :class:`unittest.TestCase`.
.. seealso::
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.server.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.server.rst
index aca4f36..37d1393 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.server.rst
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ server::
# Print list of available methods
print(s.system.listMethods())
-The following example included in `Lib/xmlrpc/server.py` module shows a server
-allowing dotted names and registering a multicall function.
+The following example included in the :file:`Lib/xmlrpc/server.py` module shows
+a server allowing dotted names and registering a multicall function.
.. warning::
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index b3bf0ef..6f9c99d 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ first::
18
``f.tell()`` returns an integer giving the file object's current position in the file
-represented as number of bytes from the beginning of the file when in `binary mode` and
-an opaque number when in `text mode`.
+represented as number of bytes from the beginning of the file when in binary mode and
+an opaque number when in text mode.
To change the file object's position, use ``f.seek(offset, from_what)``. The position is computed
from adding *offset* to a reference point; the reference point is selected by
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 71b87b8..9941130 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Some well-known APIs no longer return lists:
If the input sequences are not of equal length, :func:`map` will
stop at the termination of the shortest of the sequences. For full
- compatibility with `map` from Python 2.x, also wrap the sequences in
+ compatibility with :func:`map` from Python 2.x, also wrap the sequences in
:func:`itertools.zip_longest`, e.g. ``map(func, *sequences)`` becomes
``list(map(func, itertools.zip_longest(*sequences)))``.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index 6ac3310..841a674 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ Add a new :class:`types.MappingProxyType` class: Read-only proxy of a mapping.
(:issue:`14386`)
-The new functions `types.new_class` and `types.prepare_class` provide support
+The new functions :func:`types.new_class` and :func:`types.prepare_class` provide support
for PEP 3115 compliant dynamic type creation. (:issue:`14588`)