From 40a337fbaa820feb3198d55d8b4f389360e0b2b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 14:13:23 -0700 Subject: [3.12] gh-106948: Docs: Disable links for C standard library functions, OS utility functions and system calls (GH-107062) (#107154) (cherry picked from commit b447e19e720e6781025432a40eb72b1cc93ac944) Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka --- Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst | 2 +- Doc/c-api/sys.rst | 4 ++-- Doc/conf.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst | 6 +++--- Doc/library/mailbox.rst | 8 ++++---- Doc/library/os.rst | 6 +++--- Doc/library/select.rst | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- Doc/library/signal.rst | 2 +- Doc/tools/.nitignore | 1 - Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst | 6 +++--- Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst | 2 +- Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst | 4 ++-- 12 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index 3d4ceb3..4d81b27 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ For convenience, some of these functions will always return a This is a convenience function to raise an exception when a C library function has returned an error and set the C variable :c:data:`errno`. It constructs a tuple object whose first item is the integer :c:data:`errno` value and whose - second item is the corresponding error message (gotten from :c:func:`strerror`), + second item is the corresponding error message (gotten from :c:func:`!strerror`), and then calls ``PyErr_SetObject(type, object)``. On Unix, when the :c:data:`errno` value is :c:macro:`EINTR`, indicating an interrupted system call, this calls :c:func:`PyErr_CheckSignals`, and if that set the error indicator, diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst index 3550193..7e0e982 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Operating System Utilities .. c:function:: PyOS_sighandler_t PyOS_getsig(int i) Return the current signal handler for signal *i*. This is a thin wrapper around - either :c:func:`sigaction` or :c:func:`signal`. Do not call those functions + either :c:func:`!sigaction` or :c:func:`!signal`. Do not call those functions directly! :c:type:`PyOS_sighandler_t` is a typedef alias for :c:expr:`void (\*)(int)`. @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Operating System Utilities .. c:function:: PyOS_sighandler_t PyOS_setsig(int i, PyOS_sighandler_t h) Set the signal handler for signal *i* to be *h*; return the old signal handler. - This is a thin wrapper around either :c:func:`sigaction` or :c:func:`signal`. Do + This is a thin wrapper around either :c:func:`!sigaction` or :c:func:`!signal`. Do not call those functions directly! :c:type:`PyOS_sighandler_t` is a typedef alias for :c:expr:`void (\*)(int)`. diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py index 48d4373..067aa1d 100644 --- a/Doc/conf.py +++ b/Doc/conf.py @@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ if venvdir is not None: exclude_patterns.append(venvdir + '/*') nitpick_ignore = [ + # Standard C functions + ('c:func', 'calloc'), + ('c:func', 'dlopen'), + ('c:func', 'exec'), + ('c:func', 'fcntl'), + ('c:func', 'fork'), + ('c:func', 'free'), + ('c:func', 'gmtime'), + ('c:func', 'localtime'), + ('c:func', 'main'), + ('c:func', 'malloc'), + ('c:func', 'printf'), + ('c:func', 'realloc'), + ('c:func', 'snprintf'), + ('c:func', 'sprintf'), + ('c:func', 'stat'), + ('c:func', 'system'), + ('c:func', 'vsnprintf'), # Standard C types ('c:type', 'FILE'), ('c:type', '__int'), diff --git a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst index 4ce15c6..875f846 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst @@ -292,11 +292,11 @@ Available static markers .. object:: function__return(str filename, str funcname, int lineno) - This marker is the converse of :c:func:`function__entry`, and indicates that + This marker is the converse of :c:func:`!function__entry`, and indicates that execution of a Python function has ended (either via ``return``, or via an exception). It is only triggered for pure-Python (bytecode) functions. - The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`function__entry` + The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`!function__entry` .. object:: line(str filename, str funcname, int lineno) @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Available static markers the equivalent of line-by-line tracing with a Python profiler. It is not triggered within C functions. - The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`function__entry`. + The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`!function__entry`. .. object:: gc__start(int generation) diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst index 56908de..91df07d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. unlock() Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the - :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls. + :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls. .. seealso:: @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. unlock() Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the - :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls. For MH mailboxes, locking + :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls. For MH mailboxes, locking the mailbox means locking the :file:`.mh_sequences` file and, only for the duration of any operations that affect them, locking individual message files. @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. unlock() Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the - :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls. + :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls. .. seealso:: @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. unlock() Three locking mechanisms are used---dot locking and, if available, the - :c:func:`flock` and :c:func:`lockf` system calls. + :c:func:`!flock` and :c:func:`!lockf` system calls. .. seealso:: diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 5740591..bbf227a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -714,14 +714,14 @@ process and user. .. function:: getsid(pid, /) - Call the system call :c:func:`getsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics. + Call the system call :c:func:`!getsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics. .. availability:: Unix, not Emscripten, not WASI. .. function:: setsid() - Call the system call :c:func:`setsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics. + Call the system call :c:func:`!setsid`. See the Unix manual for the semantics. .. availability:: Unix, not Emscripten, not WASI. @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ process and user. .. function:: strerror(code, /) Return the error message corresponding to the error code in *code*. - On platforms where :c:func:`strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown + On platforms where :c:func:`!strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown error number, :exc:`ValueError` is raised. diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index b0891b0..c2941e6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ -------------- -This module provides access to the :c:func:`select` and :c:func:`poll` functions -available in most operating systems, :c:func:`devpoll` available on -Solaris and derivatives, :c:func:`epoll` available on Linux 2.5+ and -:c:func:`kqueue` available on most BSD. +This module provides access to the :c:func:`!select` and :c:func:`!poll` functions +available in most operating systems, :c:func:`!devpoll` available on +Solaris and derivatives, :c:func:`!epoll` available on Linux 2.5+ and +:c:func:`!kqueue` available on most BSD. Note that on Windows, it only works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other file types (in particular, on Unix, it works on pipes). It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ The module defines the following: polling object; see section :ref:`devpoll-objects` below for the methods supported by devpoll objects. - :c:func:`devpoll` objects are linked to the number of file + :c:func:`!devpoll` objects are linked to the number of file descriptors allowed at the time of instantiation. If your program - reduces this value, :c:func:`devpoll` will fail. If your program - increases this value, :c:func:`devpoll` may return an + reduces this value, :c:func:`!devpoll` will fail. If your program + increases this value, :c:func:`!devpoll` may return an incomplete list of active file descriptors. The new file descriptor is :ref:`non-inheritable `. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The module defines the following: *sizehint* informs epoll about the expected number of events to be registered. It must be positive, or ``-1`` to use the default. It is only - used on older systems where :c:func:`epoll_create1` is not available; + used on older systems where :c:func:`!epoll_create1` is not available; otherwise it has no effect (though its value is still checked). *flags* is deprecated and completely ignored. However, when supplied, its @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The module defines the following: .. function:: select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout]) - This is a straightforward interface to the Unix :c:func:`select` system call. + This is a straightforward interface to the Unix :c:func:`!select` system call. The first three arguments are iterables of 'waitable objects': either integers representing file descriptors or objects with a parameterless method named :meth:`~io.IOBase.fileno` returning such an integer: @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The module defines the following: .. index:: single: WinSock File objects on Windows are not acceptable, but sockets are. On Windows, - the underlying :c:func:`select` function is provided by the WinSock + the underlying :c:func:`!select` function is provided by the WinSock library, and does not handle file descriptors that don't originate from WinSock. @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The module defines the following: The minimum number of bytes which can be written without blocking to a pipe when the pipe has been reported as ready for writing by :func:`~select.select`, - :func:`poll` or another interface in this module. This doesn't apply + :func:`!poll` or another interface in this module. This doesn't apply to other kind of file-like objects such as sockets. This value is guaranteed by POSIX to be at least 512. @@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ The module defines the following: ``/dev/poll`` Polling Objects ----------------------------- -Solaris and derivatives have ``/dev/poll``. While :c:func:`select` is -O(highest file descriptor) and :c:func:`poll` is O(number of file +Solaris and derivatives have ``/dev/poll``. While :c:func:`!select` is +O(highest file descriptor) and :c:func:`!poll` is O(number of file descriptors), ``/dev/poll`` is O(active file descriptors). -``/dev/poll`` behaviour is very close to the standard :c:func:`poll` +``/dev/poll`` behaviour is very close to the standard :c:func:`!poll` object. @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ object. implement :meth:`!fileno`, so they can also be used as the argument. *eventmask* is an optional bitmask describing the type of events you want to - check for. The constants are the same that with :c:func:`poll` + check for. The constants are the same that with :c:func:`!poll` object. The default value is a combination of the constants :const:`POLLIN`, :const:`POLLPRI`, and :const:`POLLOUT`. @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ object. Registering a file descriptor that's already registered is not an error, but the result is undefined. The appropriate action is to unregister or modify it first. This is an important difference - compared with :c:func:`poll`. + compared with :c:func:`!poll`. .. method:: devpoll.modify(fd[, eventmask]) @@ -376,13 +376,13 @@ Edge and Level Trigger Polling (epoll) Objects Polling Objects --------------- -The :c:func:`poll` system call, supported on most Unix systems, provides better +The :c:func:`!poll` system call, supported on most Unix systems, provides better scalability for network servers that service many, many clients at the same -time. :c:func:`poll` scales better because the system call only requires listing -the file descriptors of interest, while :c:func:`select` builds a bitmap, turns +time. :c:func:`!poll` scales better because the system call only requires listing +the file descriptors of interest, while :c:func:`!select` builds a bitmap, turns on bits for the fds of interest, and then afterward the whole bitmap has to be -linearly scanned again. :c:func:`select` is O(highest file descriptor), while -:c:func:`poll` is O(number of file descriptors). +linearly scanned again. :c:func:`!select` is O(highest file descriptor), while +:c:func:`!poll` is O(number of file descriptors). .. method:: poll.register(fd[, eventmask]) diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index 523d1ac..e53315b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions: Note that installing a signal handler with :func:`signal` will reset the restart behaviour to interruptible by implicitly calling - :c:func:`siginterrupt` with a true *flag* value for the given signal. + :c:func:`!siginterrupt` with a true *flag* value for the given signal. .. function:: signal(signalnum, handler) diff --git a/Doc/tools/.nitignore b/Doc/tools/.nitignore index f333495..b6adbcb 100644 --- a/Doc/tools/.nitignore +++ b/Doc/tools/.nitignore @@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Doc/glossary.rst Doc/howto/curses.rst Doc/howto/descriptor.rst Doc/howto/enum.rst -Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst Doc/howto/logging.rst diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 72a273f..2b8fa15 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1861`.) * The :mod:`select` module now has wrapper functions - for the Linux :c:func:`epoll` and BSD :c:func:`kqueue` system calls. + for the Linux :c:func:`!epoll` and BSD :c:func:`!kqueue` system calls. :meth:`modify` method was added to the existing :class:`poll` objects; ``pollobj.modify(fd, eventmask)`` takes a file descriptor or file object and an event mask, modifying the recorded event mask @@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. one for reading and one for writing. The writable descriptor will be passed to :func:`set_wakeup_fd`, and the readable descriptor will be added to the list of descriptors monitored by the event loop via - :c:func:`select` or :c:func:`poll`. + :c:func:`!select` or :c:func:`!poll`. On receiving a signal, a byte will be written and the main event loop will be woken up, avoiding the need to poll. @@ -2982,7 +2982,7 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include: * Python now must be compiled with C89 compilers (after 19 years!). This means that the Python source tree has dropped its - own implementations of :c:func:`memmove` and :c:func:`strerror`, which + own implementations of :c:func:`!memmove` and :c:func:`!strerror`, which are in the C89 standard library. * Python 2.6 can be built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (version diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index a1d522b..cf8b00f 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ added as a more powerful replacement for the This means Python now supports three different modules for parsing command-line arguments: :mod:`getopt`, :mod:`optparse`, and :mod:`argparse`. The :mod:`getopt` module closely resembles the C -library's :c:func:`getopt` function, so it remains useful if you're writing a +library's :c:func:`!getopt` function, so it remains useful if you're writing a Python prototype that will eventually be rewritten in C. :mod:`optparse` becomes redundant, but there are no plans to remove it because there are many scripts still using it, and there's no diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst index f7eb803..c143717 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a1.rst @@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ format string in f-string and :meth:`str.format`. .. section: Core and Builtins The implementation of :func:`signal.siginterrupt` now uses -:c:func:`sigaction` (if it is available in the system) instead of the -deprecated :c:func:`siginterrupt`. Patch by Pablo Galindo. +:c:func:`!sigaction` (if it is available in the system) instead of the +deprecated :c:func:`!siginterrupt`. Patch by Pablo Galindo. .. -- cgit v0.12