gh-89554: Document standard type objects in types as classes (GH-150676)

Use the directive and the role "class" instead of "data" for classes
exposed in the types module.

Author: gaborbernat

Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The terms "coroutine function" and "coroutine object" are often conflated
 as coroutine.
 That can be confusing!
 In this article, coroutine specifically refers to a coroutine object, or more
-precisely, an instance of :data:`types.CoroutineType` (native coroutine).
+precisely, an instance of :class:`types.CoroutineType` (native coroutine).
 Note that coroutines can also exist as instances of
 :class:`collections.abc.Coroutine` -- a distinction that matters for type
 checking.

Doc/library/types.rst

@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    .. versionadded:: 3.10
 
 
-.. data:: FunctionType
-          LambdaType
+.. class:: FunctionType
+           LambdaType
 
    The type of user-defined functions and functions created by
    :keyword:`lambda`  expressions.
@@ -162,21 +162,21 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    and is not raised for normal compilation.
 
 
-.. data:: GeneratorType
+.. class:: GeneratorType
 
    The type of :term:`generator`-iterator objects, created by
    generator functions.
 
 
-.. data:: CoroutineType
+.. class:: CoroutineType
 
    The type of :term:`coroutine` objects, created by
    :keyword:`async def` functions.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5
 
 
-.. data:: AsyncGeneratorType
+.. class:: AsyncGeneratorType
 
    The type of :term:`asynchronous generator`-iterator objects, created by
    asynchronous generator functions.
@@ -196,36 +196,36 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    required by the initializer.  The audit event only occurs for direct
    instantiation of code objects, and is not raised for normal compilation.
 
-.. data:: CellType
+.. class:: CellType
 
    The type for cell objects: such objects are used as containers for
    a function's :term:`closure variables <closure variable>`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.8
 
 
-.. data:: MethodType
+.. class:: MethodType
 
    The type of methods of user-defined class instances.
 
 
-.. data:: BuiltinFunctionType
-          BuiltinMethodType
+.. class:: BuiltinFunctionType
+           BuiltinMethodType
 
    The type of built-in functions like :func:`len` or :func:`sys.exit`, and
    methods of built-in classes.  (Here, the term "built-in" means "written in
    C".)
 
 
-.. data:: WrapperDescriptorType
+.. class:: WrapperDescriptorType
 
    The type of methods of some built-in data types and base classes such as
    :meth:`object.__init__` or :meth:`object.__lt__`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.7
 
 
-.. data:: MethodWrapperType
+.. class:: MethodWrapperType
 
    The type of *bound* methods of some built-in data types and base classes.
    For example it is the type of :code:`object().__str__`.
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    .. versionadded:: 3.10
 
 
-.. data:: MethodDescriptorType
+.. class:: MethodDescriptorType
 
    The type of methods of some built-in data types such as :meth:`str.join`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.7
 
 
-.. data:: ClassMethodDescriptorType
+.. class:: ClassMethodDescriptorType
 
    The type of *unbound* class methods of some built-in data types such as
    ``dict.__dict__['fromkeys']``.
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    dynamically.
 
 
-.. data:: FrameType
+.. class:: FrameType
 
    The type of :ref:`frame objects <frame-objects>` such as found in
    :attr:`tb.tb_frame <traceback.tb_frame>` if ``tb`` is a traceback object.
 
 
-.. data:: FrameLocalsProxyType
+.. class:: FrameLocalsProxyType
 
    The type of frame locals proxy objects, as found on the
    :attr:`frame.f_locals` attribute.
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    .. seealso:: :pep:`667`
 
 
-.. data:: LazyImportType
+.. class:: LazyImportType
 
    The type of lazy import proxy objects. These objects are created when a
    module is lazily imported and serve as placeholders until the module is
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    .. seealso:: :pep:`810`
 
 
-.. data:: GetSetDescriptorType
+.. class:: GetSetDescriptorType
 
    The type of objects defined in extension modules with ``PyGetSetDef``, such
    as :attr:`FrameType.f_locals <frame.f_locals>` or ``array.array.typecode``.
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    :class:`property` type, but for classes defined in extension modules.
 
 
-.. data:: MemberDescriptorType
+.. class:: MemberDescriptorType
 
    The type of objects defined in extension modules with ``PyMemberDef``, such
    as ``datetime.timedelta.days``.  This type is used as descriptor for simple C

Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst

@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
   (Contributed by Yurii Karabas, Andrew Svetlov, Yury Selivanov and Kyle Stanley
   in :issue:`42392`.)
 
-* The :data:`types.FunctionType` constructor now inherits the current builtins
+* The :class:`types.FunctionType` constructor now inherits the current builtins
   if the *globals* dictionary has no ``"__builtins__"`` key, rather than using
   ``{"None": None}`` as builtins: same behavior as :func:`eval` and
   :func:`exec` functions.  Defining a function with ``def function(...): ...``

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ eager:
    import myapp.slow_module  # lazy (matches filter)
    import json               # eager (does not match filter)
 
-The proxy type itself is available as :data:`types.LazyImportType` for code
+The proxy type itself is available as :class:`types.LazyImportType` for code
 that needs to detect lazy imports programmatically.
 
 There are some restrictions on where the ``lazy`` keyword can be used. Lazy
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ types
 -----
 
 * Expose the write-through :func:`locals` proxy type
-  as :data:`types.FrameLocalsProxyType`.
+  as :class:`types.FrameLocalsProxyType`.
   This represents the type of the :attr:`frame.f_locals` attribute,
   as described in :pep:`667`.