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Title: pathlib.PurePath properties annotated with .. data directive
Type: Stage: patch review
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.10
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: ZackerySpytz, docs@python, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, mdk, p-ganssle, willingc
Priority: low Keywords: patch

Created on 2020-11-23 15:58 by p-ganssle, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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PR 24977 open ZackerySpytz, 2021-03-22 17:53
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msg381673 - (view) Author: Paul Ganssle (p-ganssle) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-11-23 15:58
Currently, it seems that the pathlib module uses `.. data::` to annotate the properties of the PurePath type (e.g. .parts, .drive, .root, etc). See: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/ff420f0e08a2443339da0df7ace95e14177bac53/Doc/library/pathlib.rst

According to the documentation (https://devguide.python.org/documenting/#information-units), `data` is for module-level constants, specifically:

> Describes global data in a module, including both variables and values used
> as “defined constants.” Class and object attributes are not documented using
> this directive.

I believe that we should switch these over to use the `.. attribute:` directive instead.

From what I can tell, you can still link to these attributes using the `:attr:` role. I haven't checked if you can link to `:attribute:`s using the `:data:` role, though. If not, it might break some links to change these to `:attribute:`.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:38adminsetgithub: 86610
2021-03-22 17:53:20ZackerySpytzsetkeywords: + patch
nosy: + ZackerySpytz

pull_requests: + pull_request23736
stage: patch review
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