[3.12] gh-101100: Add a table of class attributes to the "Custom classes" section of the data model docs (#124480)

Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst

@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ Exception Classes
    This creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
    :c:data:`PyExc_Exception`).
 
-   The :attr:`!__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up
+   The :attr:`~type.__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up
    to the last dot) of the *name* argument, and the class name is set to the last
    part (after the last dot).  The *base* argument can be used to specify alternate
    base classes; it can either be only one class or a tuple of classes. The *dict*

Doc/c-api/object.rst

@@ -253,14 +253,14 @@ Object Protocol
    The result will be ``1`` when at least one of the checks returns ``1``,
    otherwise it will be ``0``.
 
-   If *cls* has a :meth:`~class.__subclasscheck__` method, it will be called to
+   If *cls* has a :meth:`~type.__subclasscheck__` method, it will be called to
    determine the subclass status as described in :pep:`3119`.  Otherwise,
    *derived* is a subclass of *cls* if it is a direct or indirect subclass,
-   i.e. contained in ``cls.__mro__``.
+   i.e. contained in :attr:`cls.__mro__ <type.__mro__>`.
 
    Normally only class objects, i.e. instances of :class:`type` or a derived
    class, are considered classes.  However, objects can override this by having
-   a :attr:`~class.__bases__` attribute (which must be a tuple of base classes).
+   a :attr:`~type.__bases__` attribute (which must be a tuple of base classes).
 
 
 .. c:function:: int PyObject_IsInstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
@@ -272,15 +272,15 @@ Object Protocol
    The result will be ``1`` when at least one of the checks returns ``1``,
    otherwise it will be ``0``.
 
-   If *cls* has a :meth:`~class.__instancecheck__` method, it will be called to
+   If *cls* has a :meth:`~type.__instancecheck__` method, it will be called to
    determine the subclass status as described in :pep:`3119`.  Otherwise, *inst*
    is an instance of *cls* if its class is a subclass of *cls*.
 
    An instance *inst* can override what is considered its class by having a
-   :attr:`~instance.__class__` attribute.
+   :attr:`~object.__class__` attribute.
 
    An object *cls* can override if it is considered a class, and what its base
-   classes are, by having a :attr:`~class.__bases__` attribute (which must be a tuple
+   classes are, by having a :attr:`~type.__bases__` attribute (which must be a tuple
    of base classes).
 
 

Doc/c-api/type.rst

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Type Objects
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetDict(PyTypeObject* type)
 
    Return the type object's internal namespace, which is otherwise only
-   exposed via a read-only proxy (``cls.__dict__``).  This is a
+   exposed via a read-only proxy (:attr:`cls.__dict__ <type.__dict__>`).
+   This is a
    replacement for accessing :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_dict` directly.
    The returned dictionary must be treated as read-only.
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ Type Objects
    Return true if *a* is a subtype of *b*.
 
    This function only checks for actual subtypes, which means that
-   :meth:`~class.__subclasscheck__` is not called on *b*.  Call
+   :meth:`~type.__subclasscheck__` is not called on *b*.  Call
    :c:func:`PyObject_IsSubclass` to do the same check that :func:`issubclass`
    would do.
 
@@ -174,14 +175,15 @@ Type Objects
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetName(PyTypeObject *type)
 
-   Return the type's name. Equivalent to getting the type's ``__name__`` attribute.
+   Return the type's name. Equivalent to getting the type's
+   :attr:`~type.__name__` attribute.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetQualName(PyTypeObject *type)
 
    Return the type's qualified name. Equivalent to getting the
-   type's ``__qualname__`` attribute.
+   type's :attr:`~type.__qualname__` attribute.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 

Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst

@@ -589,12 +589,12 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
 
    For :ref:`statically allocated type objects <static-types>`,
    the *tp_name* field should contain a dot.
-   Everything before the last dot is made accessible as the :attr:`__module__`
+   Everything before the last dot is made accessible as the :attr:`~type.__module__`
    attribute, and everything after the last dot is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute.
+   :attr:`~type.__name__` attribute.
 
    If no dot is present, the entire :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_name` field is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`__module__` attribute is undefined
+   :attr:`~type.__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`~type.__module__` attribute is undefined
    (unless explicitly set in the dictionary, as explained above).  This means your
    type will be impossible to pickle.  Additionally, it will not be listed in
    module documentations created with pydoc.
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
 
    .. c:macro:: Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT
 
-      This bit indicates that instances of the class have a ``__dict__``
+      This bit indicates that instances of the class have a `~object.__dict__`
       attribute, and that the space for the dictionary is managed by the VM.
 
       If this flag is set, :c:macro:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC` should also be set.
@@ -1350,8 +1350,8 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
 .. c:member:: const char* PyTypeObject.tp_doc
 
    An optional pointer to a NUL-terminated C string giving the docstring for this
-   type object.  This is exposed as the :attr:`__doc__` attribute on the type and
-   instances of the type.
+   type object.  This is exposed as the :attr:`~type.__doc__` attribute on the
+   type and instances of the type.
 
    **Inheritance:**
 
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
    A collection of subclasses.  Internal use only.  May be an invalid pointer.
 
    To get a list of subclasses, call the Python method
-   :py:meth:`~class.__subclasses__`.
+   :py:meth:`~type.__subclasses__`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
 

Doc/extending/newtypes.rst

@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ An interesting advantage of using the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_members` table
 descriptors that are used at runtime is that any attribute defined this way can
 have an associated doc string simply by providing the text in the table.  An
 application can use the introspection API to retrieve the descriptor from the
-class object, and get the doc string using its :attr:`!__doc__` attribute.
+class object, and get the doc string using its :attr:`~type.__doc__` attribute.
 
 As with the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_methods` table, a sentinel entry with a :c:member:`~PyMethodDef.ml_name` value
 of ``NULL`` is required.

Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ only used for variable-sized objects and should otherwise be zero.
    If you want your type to be subclassable from Python, and your type has the same
    :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_basicsize` as its base type, you may have problems with multiple
    inheritance.  A Python subclass of your type will have to list your type first
-   in its :attr:`~class.__bases__`, or else it will not be able to call your type's
+   in its :attr:`~type.__bases__`, or else it will not be able to call your type's
    :meth:`~object.__new__` method without getting an error.  You can avoid this problem by
    ensuring that your type has a larger value for :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_basicsize` than its
    base type does.  Most of the time, this will be true anyway, because either your

Doc/faq/programming.rst

@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ method too, and it must do so carefully.  The basic implementation of
        ...
 
 Most :meth:`!__setattr__` implementations must modify
-:meth:`self.__dict__ <object.__dict__>` to store
+:attr:`self.__dict__ <object.__dict__>` to store
 local state for self without causing an infinite recursion.
 
 

Doc/glossary.rst

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Glossary
    docstring
       A string literal which appears as the first expression in a class,
       function or module.  While ignored when the suite is executed, it is
-      recognized by the compiler and put into the :attr:`!__doc__` attribute
+      recognized by the compiler and put into the :attr:`~definition.__doc__` attribute
       of the enclosing class, function or module.  Since it is available via
       introspection, it is the canonical place for documentation of the
       object.
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ Glossary
    type
       The type of a Python object determines what kind of object it is; every
       object has a type.  An object's type is accessible as its
-      :attr:`~instance.__class__` attribute or can be retrieved with
+      :attr:`~object.__class__` attribute or can be retrieved with
       ``type(obj)``.
 
    type alias

Doc/howto/annotations.rst

@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ Your code will have to have a separate code path if the object
 you're examining is a class (``isinstance(o, type)``).
 In that case, best practice relies on an implementation detail
 of Python 3.9 and before: if a class has annotations defined,
-they are stored in the class's ``__dict__`` dictionary.  Since
+they are stored in the class's :attr:`~type.__dict__` dictionary.  Since
 the class may or may not have annotations defined, best practice
-is to call the ``get`` method on the class dict.
+is to call the :meth:`~dict.get` method on the class dict.
 
 To put it all together, here is some sample code that safely
 accesses the ``__annotations__`` attribute on an arbitrary
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ the type of ``ann`` using :func:`isinstance` before further
 examination.
 
 Note that some exotic or malformed type objects may not have
-a ``__dict__`` attribute, so for extra safety you may also wish
-to use :func:`getattr` to access ``__dict__``.
+a :attr:`~type.__dict__` attribute, so for extra safety you may also wish
+to use :func:`getattr` to access :attr:`!__dict__`.
 
 
 Manually Un-Stringizing Stringized Annotations

Doc/howto/descriptor.rst

@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ attribute access.
 
 The expression ``obj.x`` looks up the attribute ``x`` in the chain of
 namespaces for ``obj``.  If the search finds a descriptor outside of the
-instance ``__dict__``, its :meth:`__get__` method is invoked according to the
-precedence rules listed below.
+instance :attr:`~object.__dict__`, its :meth:`~object.__get__` method is
+invoked according to the precedence rules listed below.
 
 The details of invocation depend on whether ``obj`` is an object, class, or
 instance of super.

Doc/howto/enum.rst

@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ The solution is to specify the module name explicitly as follows::
     the source, pickling will be disabled.
 
 The new pickle protocol 4 also, in some circumstances, relies on
-:attr:`~definition.__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
+:attr:`~type.__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
 to find the class.  For example, if the class was made available in class
 SomeData in the global scope::
 

Doc/howto/mro.rst

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ E is more specialized than C, even if it is in a higher level.
 
 A lazy programmer can obtain the MRO directly from Python 2.2, since in
 this case it coincides with the Python 2.3 linearization.  It is enough
-to invoke the .mro() method of class A:
+to invoke the :meth:`~type.mro` method of class A:
 
   >>> A.mro()  # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
   [<class 'A'>, <class 'B'>, <class 'E'>,

Doc/library/abc.rst

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ a helper class :class:`ABC` to alternatively define ABCs through inheritance:
       that you can customize the behavior of :func:`issubclass` further without the
       need to call :meth:`register` on every class you want to consider a
       subclass of the ABC.  (This class method is called from the
-      :meth:`~class.__subclasscheck__` method of the ABC.)
+      :meth:`~type.__subclasscheck__` method of the ABC.)
 
       This method should return ``True``, ``False`` or :data:`NotImplemented`.  If
       it returns ``True``, the *subclass* is considered a subclass of this ABC.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ a helper class :class:`ABC` to alternatively define ABCs through inheritance:
    The :meth:`__subclasshook__` class method defined here says that any class
    that has an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method in its
    :attr:`~object.__dict__` (or in that of one of its base classes, accessed
-   via the :attr:`~class.__mro__` list) is considered a ``MyIterable`` too.
+   via the :attr:`~type.__mro__` list) is considered a ``MyIterable`` too.
 
    Finally, the last line makes ``Foo`` a virtual subclass of ``MyIterable``,
    even though it does not define an :meth:`~iterator.__iter__` method (it uses

Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ they add the ability to access fields by name instead of position index.
     ``(1, 2)``, then ``x`` will be a required argument, ``y`` will default to
     ``1``, and ``z`` will default to ``2``.
 
-    If *module* is defined, the ``__module__`` attribute of the named tuple is
-    set to that value.
+    If *module* is defined, the :attr:`~type.__module__` attribute of the
+    named tuple is set to that value.
 
     Named tuple instances do not have per-instance dictionaries, so they are
     lightweight and require no more memory than regular tuples.

Doc/library/email.contentmanager.rst

@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@
       * the type itself (``typ``)
       * the type's fully qualified name (``typ.__module__ + '.' +
         typ.__qualname__``).
-      * the type's qualname (``typ.__qualname__``)
-      * the type's name (``typ.__name__``).
+      * the type's :attr:`qualname <type.__qualname__>` (``typ.__qualname__``)
+      * the type's :attr:`name <type.__name__>` (``typ.__name__``).
 
       If none of the above match, repeat all of the checks above for each of
-      the types in the :term:`MRO` (``typ.__mro__``).  Finally, if no other key
+      the types in the :term:`MRO` (:attr:`typ.__mro__ <type.__mro__>`).
+      Finally, if no other key
       yields a handler, check for a handler for the key ``None``.  If there is
       no handler for ``None``, raise a :exc:`KeyError` for the fully
       qualified name of the type.

Doc/library/email.headerregistry.rst

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ variant, :attr:`~.BaseHeader.max_count` is set to 1.
     class.  When *use_default_map* is ``True`` (the default), the standard
     mapping of header names to classes is copied in to the registry during
     initialization.  *base_class* is always the last class in the generated
-    class's ``__bases__`` list.
+    class's :class:`~type.__bases__` list.
 
     The default mappings are:
 

Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -283,9 +283,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
       :func:`property`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      Class methods now inherit the method attributes (``__module__``,
-      ``__name__``, ``__qualname__``, ``__doc__`` and ``__annotations__``) and
-      have a new ``__wrapped__`` attribute.
+      Class methods now inherit the method attributes
+      (:attr:`~function.__module__`, :attr:`~function.__name__`,
+      :attr:`~function.__qualname__`, :attr:`~function.__doc__` and
+      :attr:`~function.__annotations__`) and have a new ``__wrapped__``
+      attribute.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.11
       Class methods can no longer wrap other :term:`descriptors <descriptor>` such as
@@ -1217,8 +1219,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
    .. note::
 
-      :class:`object` does *not* have a :attr:`~object.__dict__`, so you can't
-      assign arbitrary attributes to an instance of the :class:`object` class.
+      :class:`object` instances do *not* have :attr:`~object.__dict__`
+      attributes, so you can't assign arbitrary attributes to an instance of
+      :class:`object`.
 
 
 .. function:: oct(x)
@@ -1831,10 +1834,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    For more information on static methods, see :ref:`types`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      Static methods now inherit the method attributes (``__module__``,
-      ``__name__``, ``__qualname__``, ``__doc__`` and ``__annotations__``),
-      have a new ``__wrapped__`` attribute, and are now callable as regular
-      functions.
+      Static methods now inherit the method attributes
+      (:attr:`~function.__module__`, :attr:`~function.__name__`,
+      :attr:`~function.__qualname__`, :attr:`~function.__doc__` and
+      :attr:`~function.__annotations__`), have a new ``__wrapped__`` attribute,
+      and are now callable as regular functions.
 
 
 .. index::
@@ -1881,11 +1885,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    to be searched.  The search starts from the class right after the
    *type*.
 
-   For example, if :attr:`~class.__mro__` of *object_or_type* is
+   For example, if :attr:`~type.__mro__` of *object_or_type* is
    ``D -> B -> C -> A -> object`` and the value of *type* is ``B``,
    then :func:`super` searches ``C -> A -> object``.
 
-   The :attr:`~class.__mro__` attribute of the class corresponding to
+   The :attr:`~type.__mro__` attribute of the class corresponding to
    *object_or_type* lists the method resolution search order used by both
    :func:`getattr` and :func:`super`.  The attribute is dynamic and can change
    whenever the inheritance hierarchy is updated.
@@ -1957,28 +1961,30 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
    With one argument, return the type of an *object*.  The return value is a
    type object and generally the same object as returned by
-   :attr:`object.__class__ <instance.__class__>`.
+   :attr:`object.__class__`.
 
    The :func:`isinstance` built-in function is recommended for testing the type
    of an object, because it takes subclasses into account.
 
-
    With three arguments, return a new type object.  This is essentially a
    dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is
-   the class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute.
+   the class name and becomes the :attr:`~type.__name__` attribute.
    The *bases* tuple contains the base classes and becomes the
-   :attr:`~class.__bases__` attribute; if empty, :class:`object`, the
+   :attr:`~type.__bases__` attribute; if empty, :class:`object`, the
    ultimate base of all classes, is added.  The *dict* dictionary contains
    attribute and method definitions for the class body; it may be copied
-   or wrapped before becoming the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
-   The following two statements create identical :class:`type` objects:
+   or wrapped before becoming the :attr:`~type.__dict__` attribute.
+   The following two statements create identical :class:`!type` objects:
 
       >>> class X:
       ...     a = 1
       ...
       >>> X = type('X', (), dict(a=1))
 
-   See also :ref:`bltin-type-objects`.
+   See also:
+
+   * :ref:`Documentation on attributes and methods on classes <class-attrs-and-methods>`.
+   * :ref:`bltin-type-objects`
 
    Keyword arguments provided to the three argument form are passed to the
    appropriate metaclass machinery (usually :meth:`~object.__init_subclass__`)
@@ -1988,18 +1994,18 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    See also :ref:`class-customization`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
-      Subclasses of :class:`type` which don't override ``type.__new__`` may no
+      Subclasses of :class:`!type` which don't override ``type.__new__`` may no
       longer use the one-argument form to get the type of an object.
 
 .. function:: vars()
               vars(object)
 
    Return the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute for a module, class, instance,
-   or any other object with a :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
+   or any other object with a :attr:`!__dict__` attribute.
 
    Objects such as modules and instances have an updateable :attr:`~object.__dict__`
    attribute; however, other objects may have write restrictions on their
-   :attr:`~object.__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
+   :attr:`!__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
    :class:`types.MappingProxyType` to prevent direct dictionary updates).
 
    Without an argument, :func:`vars` acts like :func:`locals`.  Note, the