Docs: Align multiprocessing.shared_memory docs with Sphinx recommendations (#114103)

- add :class: and :mod: markups where needed
- fix incorrect escaping of a star in ShareableList arg spec
- mark up parameters with stars: *val*
- mark up list of built-in types using list markup
- remove unneeded parentheses from :meth: markups

Author: erlend-aasland

Doc/library/multiprocessing.shared_memory.rst

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ and management of shared memory to be accessed by one or more processes
 on a multicore or symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) machine.  To assist with
 the life-cycle management of shared memory especially across distinct
 processes, a :class:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` subclass,
-:class:`SharedMemoryManager`, is also provided in the
-``multiprocessing.managers`` module.
+:class:`~multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryManager`, is also provided in the
+:mod:`multiprocessing.managers` module.
 
 In this module, shared memory refers to "System V style" shared memory blocks
 (though is not necessarily implemented explicitly as such) and does not refer
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ copying of data.
    As a resource for sharing data across processes, shared memory blocks
    may outlive the original process that created them.  When one process
    no longer needs access to a shared memory block that might still be
-   needed by other processes, the :meth:`close()` method should be called.
+   needed by other processes, the :meth:`close` method should be called.
    When a shared memory block is no longer needed by any process, the
-   :meth:`unlink()` method should be called to ensure proper cleanup.
+   :meth:`unlink` method should be called to ensure proper cleanup.
 
    *name* is the unique name for the requested shared memory, specified as
    a string.  When creating a new shared memory block, if ``None`` (the
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ copying of data.
    memory block.  Because some platforms choose to allocate chunks of memory
    based upon that platform's memory page size, the exact size of the shared
    memory block may be larger or equal to the size requested.  When attaching
-   to an existing shared memory block, the ``size`` parameter is ignored.
+   to an existing shared memory block, the *size* parameter is ignored.
 
    *track*, when enabled, registers the shared memory block with a resource
    tracker process on platforms where the OS does not do this automatically.
@@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ copying of data.
    .. method:: close()
 
       Closes the file descriptor/handle to the shared memory from this
-      instance.  :meth:`close()` should be called once access to the shared
+      instance.  :meth:`close` should be called once access to the shared
       memory block from this instance is no longer needed.  Depending
       on operating system, the underlying memory may or may not be freed
       even if all handles to it have been closed.  To ensure proper cleanup,
-      use the :meth:`unlink()` method.
+      use the :meth:`unlink` method.
 
    .. method:: unlink()
 
       Deletes the underlying shared memory block.  This should be called only
       once per shared memory block regardless of the number of handles to it,
       even in other processes.
-      :meth:`unlink()` and :meth:`close()` can be called in any order, but
-      trying to access data inside a shared memory block after :meth:`unlink()`
+      :meth:`unlink` and :meth:`close` can be called in any order, but
+      trying to access data inside a shared memory block after :meth:`unlink`
       may result in memory access errors, depending on platform.
 
       This method has no effect on Windows, where the only way to delete a
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ instances::
 
 The following example demonstrates a practical use of the :class:`SharedMemory`
 class with `NumPy arrays <https://numpy.org/>`_, accessing the
-same ``numpy.ndarray`` from two distinct Python shells:
+same :class:`!numpy.ndarray` from two distinct Python shells:
 
 .. doctest::
    :options: +SKIP
@@ -197,43 +197,43 @@ same ``numpy.ndarray`` from two distinct Python shells:
 .. class:: SharedMemoryManager([address[, authkey]])
    :module: multiprocessing.managers
 
-   A subclass of :class:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` which can be
+   A subclass of :class:`multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` which can be
    used for the management of shared memory blocks across processes.
 
    A call to :meth:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager.start` on a
-   :class:`SharedMemoryManager` instance causes a new process to be started.
+   :class:`!SharedMemoryManager` instance causes a new process to be started.
    This new process's sole purpose is to manage the life cycle
    of all shared memory blocks created through it.  To trigger the release
    of all shared memory blocks managed by that process, call
-   :meth:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager.shutdown()` on the instance.
-   This triggers a :meth:`SharedMemory.unlink()` call on all of the
-   :class:`SharedMemory` objects managed by that process and then
-   stops the process itself.  By creating ``SharedMemory`` instances
-   through a ``SharedMemoryManager``, we avoid the need to manually track
+   :meth:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager.shutdown` on the instance.
+   This triggers a :meth:`~multiprocessing.shared_memory.SharedMemory.unlink` call
+   on all of the :class:`SharedMemory` objects managed by that process and then
+   stops the process itself.  By creating :class:`!SharedMemory` instances
+   through a :class:`!SharedMemoryManager`, we avoid the need to manually track
    and trigger the freeing of shared memory resources.
 
    This class provides methods for creating and returning :class:`SharedMemory`
    instances and for creating a list-like object (:class:`ShareableList`)
    backed by shared memory.
 
-   Refer to :class:`multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` for a description
+   Refer to :class:`~multiprocessing.managers.BaseManager` for a description
    of the inherited *address* and *authkey* optional input arguments and how
-   they may be used to connect to an existing ``SharedMemoryManager`` service
+   they may be used to connect to an existing :class:`!SharedMemoryManager` service
    from other processes.
 
    .. method:: SharedMemory(size)
 
       Create and return a new :class:`SharedMemory` object with the
-      specified ``size`` in bytes.
+      specified *size* in bytes.
 
    .. method:: ShareableList(sequence)
 
       Create and return a new :class:`ShareableList` object, initialized
-      by the values from the input ``sequence``.
+      by the values from the input *sequence*.
 
 
 The following example demonstrates the basic mechanisms of a
-:class:`SharedMemoryManager`:
+:class:`~multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryManager`:
 
 .. doctest::
    :options: +SKIP
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ The following example demonstrates the basic mechanisms of a
    >>> smm.shutdown()  # Calls unlink() on sl, raw_shm, and another_sl
 
 The following example depicts a potentially more convenient pattern for using
-:class:`SharedMemoryManager` objects via the :keyword:`with` statement to
-ensure that all shared memory blocks are released after they are no longer
-needed:
+:class:`~multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryManager` objects via the
+:keyword:`with` statement to ensure that all shared memory blocks are released
+after they are no longer needed:
 
 .. doctest::
    :options: +SKIP
@@ -269,38 +269,46 @@ needed:
    ...     p2.join()   # Wait for all work to complete in both processes
    ...     total_result = sum(sl)  # Consolidate the partial results now in sl
 
-When using a :class:`SharedMemoryManager` in a :keyword:`with` statement, the
-shared memory blocks created using that manager are all released when the
-:keyword:`with` statement's code block finishes execution.
+When using a :class:`~multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryManager`
+in a :keyword:`with` statement, the shared memory blocks created using that
+manager are all released when the :keyword:`!with` statement's code block
+finishes execution.
 
 
-.. class:: ShareableList(sequence=None, \*, name=None)
+.. class:: ShareableList(sequence=None, *, name=None)
 
    Provides a mutable list-like object where all values stored within are
-   stored in a shared memory block.  This constrains storable values to
-   only the ``int`` (signed 64-bit), ``float``, ``bool``, ``str`` (less
-   than 10M bytes each when encoded as utf-8), ``bytes`` (less than 10M
-   bytes each), and ``None`` built-in data types.  It also notably
-   differs from the built-in ``list`` type in that these lists can not
-   change their overall length (i.e. no append, insert, etc.) and do not
-   support the dynamic creation of new :class:`ShareableList` instances
+   stored in a shared memory block.
+   This constrains storable values to the following built-in data types:
+
+   * :class:`int` (signed 64-bit)
+   * :class:`float`
+   * :class:`bool`
+   * :class:`str` (less than 10M bytes each when encoded as UTF-8)
+   * :class:`bytes` (less than 10M bytes each)
+   * ``None``
+
+   It also notably differs from the built-in :class:`list` type
+   in that these lists can not change their overall length
+   (i.e. no :meth:`!append`, :meth:`!insert`, etc.) and do not
+   support the dynamic creation of new :class:`!ShareableList` instances
    via slicing.
 
-   *sequence* is used in populating a new ``ShareableList`` full of values.
+   *sequence* is used in populating a new :class:`!ShareableList` full of values.
    Set to ``None`` to instead attach to an already existing
-   ``ShareableList`` by its unique shared memory name.
+   :class:`!ShareableList` by its unique shared memory name.
 
    *name* is the unique name for the requested shared memory, as described
    in the definition for :class:`SharedMemory`.  When attaching to an
-   existing ``ShareableList``, specify its shared memory block's unique
-   name while leaving ``sequence`` set to ``None``.
+   existing :class:`!ShareableList`, specify its shared memory block's unique
+   name while leaving *sequence* set to ``None``.
 
    .. note::
 
       A known issue exists for :class:`bytes` and :class:`str` values.
       If they end with ``\x00`` nul bytes or characters, those may be
       *silently stripped* when fetching them by index from the
-      :class:`ShareableList`. This ``.rstrip(b'\x00')`` behavior is
+      :class:`!ShareableList`. This ``.rstrip(b'\x00')`` behavior is
       considered a bug and may go away in the future. See :gh:`106939`.
 
    For applications where rstripping of trailing nulls is a problem,
@@ -326,12 +334,12 @@ shared memory blocks created using that manager are all released when the
 
    .. method:: count(value)
 
-      Returns the number of occurrences of ``value``.
+      Returns the number of occurrences of *value*.
 
    .. method:: index(value)
 
-      Returns first index position of ``value``.  Raises :exc:`ValueError` if
-      ``value`` is not present.
+      Returns first index position of *value*.  Raises :exc:`ValueError` if
+      *value* is not present.
 
    .. attribute:: format
 
@@ -391,8 +399,8 @@ behind it:
    >>> c.shm.close()
    >>> c.shm.unlink()
 
-The following examples demonstrates that ``ShareableList``
-(and underlying ``SharedMemory``) objects
+The following examples demonstrates that :class:`ShareableList`
+(and underlying :class:`SharedMemory`) objects
 can be pickled and unpickled if needed.
 Note, that it will still be the same shared object.
 This happens, because the deserialized object has

Doc/tools/.nitignore

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
 Doc/library/lzma.rst
 Doc/library/mmap.rst
 Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
-Doc/library/multiprocessing.shared_memory.rst
 Doc/library/optparse.rst
 Doc/library/os.rst
 Doc/library/pickle.rst