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Some functions and properties in the documentation have no docstring

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Description

The following things lack documentation in Trio's documentation:

  • trio.CancelScope.relative_deadline
  • trio.MemorySendChannel
  • trio.MemoryReceiveChannel
  • trio.MemoryChannelStatistics
  • trio.SocketStream.aclose
  • trio.SocketStream.receive_some
  • trio.SocketStream.send_all
  • trio.SocketStream.send_eof
  • trio.SocketStream.wait_send_all_might_not_block
  • trio._subprocess.HasFileno.fileno
  • trio.lowlevel.ParkingLot.broken_by

These should either have documentation or not show up (e.g. the SocketStream attributes seem unnecessary, they're only in the docs because of a :undoc-members:).


At https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference-core.html#trio.CancelScope.relative_deadline, there is no definition of the semantics of relative_deadline. Looks like it was added in #3010.

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Start at the Trio API documentation for the two unchecked members, especially reference-core.html#trio.CancelScope.relative_deadline, and inspect how the listed objects are exposed through undoc-members. Decide which entries need documented semantics and which should be hidden; done means the remaining API pages either explain the members or no longer show them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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