diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst index c9dcf746ef2f9f..702c0869116ac7 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Other objects status = converter(object, address); where *object* is the Python object to be converted and *address* is the - :c:type:`void*` argument that was passed to the :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` function. + :c:type:`void*` argument that was passed to the ``PyArg_Parse*`` function. The returned *status* should be ``1`` for a successful conversion and ``0`` if the conversion has failed. When the conversion fails, the *converter* function should raise an exception and leave the content of *address* unmodified. @@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ what is specified for the corresponding format unit in that case. For the conversion to succeed, the *arg* object must match the format and the format must be exhausted. On success, the -:c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions return true, otherwise they return +``PyArg_Parse*`` functions return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception. When the -:c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions fail due to conversion failure in one +``PyArg_Parse*`` functions fail due to conversion failure in one of the format units, the variables at the addresses corresponding to that and the following format units are left untouched. @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ Building values .. c:function:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...) Create a new value based on a format string similar to those accepted by the - :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` family of functions and a sequence of values. Returns + ``PyArg_Parse*`` family of functions and a sequence of values. Returns the value or ``NULL`` in the case of an error; an exception will be raised if ``NULL`` is returned. diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index 7221957fe1dbac..087e0a61d12d59 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ there is a global indicator (per thread) of the last error that occurred. Most C API functions don't clear this on success, but will set it to indicate the cause of the error on failure. Most C API functions also return an error indicator, usually ``NULL`` if they are supposed to return a pointer, or ``-1`` -if they return an integer (exception: the :c:func:`PyArg_\*` functions +if they return an integer (exception: the ``PyArg_*`` functions return ``1`` for success and ``0`` for failure). Concretely, the error indicator consists of three object pointers: the @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Querying the error indicator .. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_Occurred() Test whether the error indicator is set. If set, return the exception *type* - (the first argument to the last call to one of the :c:func:`PyErr_Set\*` + (the first argument to the last call to one of the ``PyErr_Set*`` functions or to :c:func:`PyErr_Restore`). If not set, return ``NULL``. You do not own a reference to the return value, so you do not need to :c:func:`Py_DECREF` it. diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index cb3bfedc97e88a..efa58381d270ff 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -956,11 +956,11 @@ from a C thread is:: /* Release the thread. No Python API allowed beyond this point. */ PyGILState_Release(gstate); -Note that the :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` functions assume there is only one global +Note that the ``PyGILState_*`` functions assume there is only one global interpreter (created automatically by :c:func:`Py_Initialize`). Python supports the creation of additional interpreters (using :c:func:`Py_NewInterpreter`), but mixing multiple interpreters and the -:c:func:`PyGILState_\*` API is unsupported. +``PyGILState_*`` API is unsupported. .. _fork-and-threads: @@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ operations executed by such objects may affect the wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded modules. It is equally important to avoid sharing objects from which the above are reachable. -Also note that combining this functionality with :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` APIs +Also note that combining this functionality with ``PyGILState_*`` APIs is delicate, because these APIs assume a bijection between Python thread states and OS-level threads, an assumption broken by the presence of sub-interpreters. It is highly recommended that you don't switch sub-interpreters between a pair diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst index 94c8d9f981713f..e2ba157b32c7d9 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Module Objects If *module* is not a module object (or a subtype of a module object), :exc:`SystemError` is raised and ``NULL`` is returned. - It is recommended extensions use other :c:func:`PyModule_\*` and - :c:func:`PyObject_\*` functions rather than directly manipulate a module's + It is recommended extensions use other ``PyModule_*`` and + ``PyObject_*`` functions rather than directly manipulate a module's :attr:`~object.__dict__`. diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst index 86c0830e7a9cf1..8ccdece3efc54c 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Type Objects Perhaps one of the most important structures of the Python object system is the structure that defines a new type: the :c:type:`PyTypeObject` structure. Type -objects can be handled using any of the :c:func:`PyObject_\*` or -:c:func:`PyType_\*` functions, but do not offer much that's interesting to most +objects can be handled using any of the ``PyObject_*`` or +``PyType_*`` functions, but do not offer much that's interesting to most Python applications. These objects are fundamental to how objects behave, so they are very important to the interpreter itself and to any extension module that implements new types. @@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) If the instances of this type are weakly referenceable, this field is greater than zero and contains the offset in the instance structure of the weak reference list head (ignoring the GC header, if present); this offset is used by - :c:func:`PyObject_ClearWeakRefs` and the :c:func:`PyWeakref_\*` functions. The + :c:func:`PyObject_ClearWeakRefs` and the ``PyWeakref_*`` functions. The instance structure needs to include a field of type :c:expr:`PyObject*` which is initialized to ``NULL``. diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst index 2e3362b834e6fb..0ef899f4c997b1 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst @@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ since you should be able to tell from the return value. When a function *f* that calls another function *g* detects that the latter fails, *f* should itself return an error value (usually ``NULL`` or ``-1``). It -should *not* call one of the :c:func:`PyErr_\*` functions --- one has already +should *not* call one of the ``PyErr_*`` functions --- one has already been called by *g*. *f*'s caller is then supposed to also return an error -indication to *its* caller, again *without* calling :c:func:`PyErr_\*`, and so on +indication to *its* caller, again *without* calling ``PyErr_*``, and so on --- the most detailed cause of the error was already reported by the function that first detected it. Once the error reaches the Python interpreter's main loop, this aborts the currently executing Python code and tries to find an exception handler specified by the Python programmer. (There are situations where a module can actually give a more detailed error -message by calling another :c:func:`PyErr_\*` function, and in such cases it is +message by calling another ``PyErr_*`` function, and in such cases it is fine to do so. As a general rule, however, this is not necessary, and can cause information about the cause of the error to be lost: most operations can fail for a variety of reasons.) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst index 6c216826fee047..dfa8f7e93f8177 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst @@ -2270,9 +2270,9 @@ code: earlier section :ref:`pep-353` for a discussion of this change. * C API: The obmalloc changes mean that you must be careful to not mix usage - of the :c:func:`PyMem_\*` and :c:func:`PyObject_\*` families of functions. Memory - allocated with one family's :c:func:`\*_Malloc` must be freed with the - corresponding family's :c:func:`\*_Free` function. + of the ``PyMem_*`` and ``PyObject_*`` families of functions. Memory + allocated with one family's ``*_Malloc`` must be freed with the + corresponding family's ``*_Free`` function. .. ======================================================================