gh-141004: Document PyImport_Inittab (GH-141844)

ZeroIntensity · StanFromIreland · vstinner · web-flow · commit 5f35702bb641 · 2025-11-24T16:38:18.000Z
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych &lt;stan@ulbrych.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner &lt;vstinner@python.org&gt;
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/import.rst b/Doc/c-api/import.rst
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ Importing Modules
    initialization.
 
 
+.. c:var:: struct _inittab *PyImport_Inittab
+
+   The table of built-in modules used by Python initialization. Do not use this directly;
+   use :c:func:`PyImport_AppendInittab` and :c:func:`PyImport_ExtendInittab`
+   instead.
+
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_ImportModuleAttr(PyObject *mod_name, PyObject *attr_name)
 
    Import the module *mod_name* and get its attribute *attr_name*.
diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ A pointer to the module definition must be returned via :c:func:`PyModuleDef_Ini
 so that the import machinery can create the module and store it in ``sys.modules``.
 
 When embedding Python, the :c:func:`!PyInit_spam` function is not called
-automatically unless there's an entry in the :c:data:`!PyImport_Inittab` table.
+automatically unless there's an entry in the :c:data:`PyImport_Inittab` table.
 To add the module to the initialization table, use :c:func:`PyImport_AppendInittab`,
 optionally followed by an import of the module::
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a1.rst
@@ -4931,7 +4931,7 @@ Patch by Gabriele N. Tornetta
 .. nonce: 3p14JB
 .. section: C API
 
-:c:func:`Py_RunMain` now resets :c:data:`!PyImport_Inittab` to its initial
+:c:func:`Py_RunMain` now resets :c:data:`PyImport_Inittab` to its initial
 value at exit. It must be possible to call :c:func:`PyImport_AppendInittab`
 or :c:func:`PyImport_ExtendInittab` at each Python initialization. Patch by
 Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.0a2.rst
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ Update bundled libexpat to 2.5.0
 .. nonce: ik4iOv
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
-The docs clearly say that ``PyImport_Inittab``,
+The docs clearly say that :c:data:`PyImport_Inittab`,
 :c:func:`PyImport_AppendInittab`, and :c:func:`PyImport_ExtendInittab`
 should not be used after :c:func:`Py_Initialize` has been called. We now
 enforce this for the two functions.  Additionally, the runtime now uses an
-internal copy of ``PyImport_Inittab``, to guard against modification.
+internal copy of :c:data:`PyImport_Inittab`, to guard against modification.
 
 ..
 
