#14804: Remove [] around optional arguments with default values

diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index f31b9c536b3409dba634fce7e0d14066776ac201..0b8b7c9455eb003d88e9667e751735de6624b3ca 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ the following methods:
    rendition (as set by :meth:`bkgdset`) merged into them.
 
 
-.. method:: window.scroll([lines=1])
+.. method:: window.scroll(lines=1)
 
    Scroll the screen or scrolling region upward by *lines* lines.
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/email.generator.rst b/Doc/library/email.generator.rst
index f40869cc775c6e78059ba63be92a150adddcd83e..3be04a28b8cd3e15500f442008e4a07a41146088 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/email.generator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.generator.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ except that non-\ :mimetype:`text` parts are substituted with a format string
 representing the part.
 
 
-.. class:: DecodedGenerator(outfp[, mangle_from_=True, maxheaderlen=78, fmt=None)
+.. class:: DecodedGenerator(outfp, mangle_from_=True, maxheaderlen=78, fmt=None)
 
    This class, derived from :class:`Generator` walks through all the subparts of a
    message.  If the subpart is of main type :mimetype:`text`, then it prints the

diff --git a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
index 97714968f279563acf45e37e121d10865a7982ed..cc8f2511d4f105493efa947738046a427c3aff46 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ accessed using the following methods:
 The :class:`Cookie` class also defines the following method:
 
 
-.. method:: Cookie.is_expired([now=None])
+.. method:: Cookie.is_expired(now=None)
 
    True if cookie has passed the time at which the server requested it should
    expire.  If *now* is given (in seconds since the epoch), return whether the

diff --git a/Doc/library/nis.rst b/Doc/library/nis.rst
index 1281e3fdc21dc4727e5c2492d0cc5422ddc98999..ade2a7aad01a4cfd9586652ab47d523016537550 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/nis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/nis.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Because NIS exists only on Unix systems, this module is only available for Unix.
 The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions:
 
 
-.. function:: match(key, mapname[, domain=default_domain])
+.. function:: match(key, mapname, domain=default_domain)
 
    Return the match for *key* in map *mapname*, or raise an error
    (:exc:`nis.error`) if there is none. Both should be strings, *key* is 8-bit
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions:
    unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
 
 
-.. function:: cat(mapname[, domain=default_domain])
+.. function:: cat(mapname, domain=default_domain)
 
    Return a dictionary mapping *key* to *value* such that ``match(key,
    mapname)==value``. Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions:
    unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
 
 
-.. function:: maps([domain=default_domain])
+.. function:: maps(domain=default_domain)
 
    Return a list of all valid maps.
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0b66d2bfaaeadd053b69d6bd56d09e450f4de469..8b2e58237244303b1a1d898fd72667127707fd39 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ Files and Directories
    Availability: Unix.
 
 
-.. function:: mknod(filename[, mode=0o600[, device]])
+.. function:: mknod(filename, mode=0o600, device=0)
 
    Create a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe) named
    *filename*. *mode* specifies both the permissions to use and the type of node

diff --git a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
index 0a08428409e5cbb038d5d90c3f55b9406719dd0b..fbbda26ca5badccc43db395ff0c4ea733f8a9183 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ The following convenience methods combine several ioctls, or one ioctl and some
 simple calculations.
 
 
-.. method:: oss_audio_device.setparameters(format, nchannels, samplerate [, strict=False])
+.. method:: oss_audio_device.setparameters(format, nchannels, samplerate, strict=False)
 
    Set the key audio sampling parameters---sample format, number of channels, and
    sampling rate---in one method call.  *format*,  *nchannels*, and *samplerate*

diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index f1fd126d94c336dc1360a986a391fcaa807f1a96..6f8df6e7eda75bdf79c869f6e2e806107bd5886a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Edge and Level Trigger Polling (epoll) Objects
    Remove a registered file descriptor from the epoll object.
 
 
-.. method:: epoll.poll([timeout=-1[, maxevents=-1]])
+.. method:: epoll.poll(timeout=-1, maxevents=-1)
 
    Wait for events. timeout in seconds (float)
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Kqueue Objects
    Create a kqueue object from a given file descriptor.
 
 
-.. method:: kqueue.control(changelist, max_events[, timeout=None]) -> eventlist
+.. method:: kqueue.control(changelist, max_events, timeout=None) -> eventlist
 
    Low level interface to kevent
 

diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 41db5c37a934f7bb2a1678a3a10d4be9352a9033..babbfa566fddbd21ad11f2738470e199b5f94d7d 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ Cursor Objects
    or :const:`None` when no more data is available.
 
 
-.. method:: Cursor.fetchmany([size=cursor.arraysize])
+.. method:: Cursor.fetchmany(size=cursor.arraysize)
 
    Fetches the next set of rows of a query result, returning a list.  An empty
    list is returned when no more rows are available.