On 4 Jun 2012, at 16:10, Barry Warsaw wrote: > [snip...] >>> + However, for a structured record type use >>> :func:`~collections.namedtuple` >>> >> >> What's with the ~? > > I'm not sure, but it seems to result in a cross-reference, and I see tildes > used elsewhere, so I guess it's some reST/docutils magic. I left this one in > there. >
It means display the link with the text "namedtuple" instead of the full "collections.namedtuple". You can't just omit the "collections" as Sphinx needs to know where to find the link target. Michael > Cheers, > -Barry > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
