Link directly to set and frozenset in built-in function docs

[fossilet]

BPO	16436
Nosy	@jcea, @ezio-melotti, @asvetlov, @cjerdonek

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title = 'Link directly to set and frozenset in built-in function docs'
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[fossilet]

http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-frozenset

http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-set

frozenset and set function have no links to their definitions. Also the anchor name is prefixed with func, which is different to other builtin functions.

[asvetlov]

I guess the reason is that names are classes, not functions. See http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-dict also for example.

[cjerdonek]

Currently, the built-in types are not treated consistently as to whether their constructors are documented in the "Built-in Functions" or "Built-in Types" page. There are some open issues related to this topic (see, for example, bpo-16209).

For the purposes of this issue though, yes, I agree that the abbreviated built-in function versions of the documentation for set and frozenset should contain direct links to the more complete constructor documentation in the "Built-in Types" page (as is already done for dict, for example, as Andrew pointed out).

[cjerdonek]

I recommend copying for set and frozenset the documentation pattern for dict (and in particular by stating explicitly in its own sentence that the object is a class):

http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-dict

[python-dev]

New changeset 16fa6462dfe1 by Chris Jerdonek in branch '3.2':
Link set and frozenset function docs to their class definitions (issue bpo-16436).
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/16fa6462dfe1

New changeset d534da27ca8b by Chris Jerdonek in branch '3.3':
Merge from 3.2: adjust set and frozenset function docs (issue bpo-16436).
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d534da27ca8b

New changeset 1fde0d70f2b8 by Chris Jerdonek in branch 'default':
Merge from 3.3: adjust set and frozenset function docs (issue bpo-16436).
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1fde0d70f2b8

[python-dev]

New changeset 24db5292c2c9 by Chris Jerdonek in branch '2.7':
Backport from 3.2: adjust set and frozenset function docs (issue bpo-16436).
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/24db5292c2c9

[cjerdonek]

Fixed. Thanks a lot for the report, Yongzhi.