[Python-checkins] gh-64019: Have attribute table in `inspect` docs link to module attributes instead of listing them (GH-98116)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f5fa17bef5b37522c530998d3fc2fd4aecef0202
commit: f5fa17bef5b37522c530998d3fc2fd4aecef0202
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-11-25T14:06:45-08:00
summary:

gh-64019: Have attribute table in `inspect` docs link to module attributes instead of listing them (GH-98116)

(cherry picked from commit 7d2dcc53d09fe903329926bf7bbfe460b1465dab)

Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny at users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Michael Anckaert <michael.anckaert at sinax.be>

files:
M Doc/library/inspect.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 44f1ae04c9e3..9cb7a6f94e49 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The :func:`getmembers` function retrieves the members of an object such as a
 class or module. The functions whose names begin with "is" are mainly
 provided as convenient choices for the second argument to :func:`getmembers`.
 They also help you determine when you can expect to find the following special
-attributes:
+attributes (see :ref:`import-mod-attrs` for module attributes):
 
 .. this function name is too big to fit in the ascii-art table below
 .. |coroutine-origin-link| replace:: :func:`sys.set_coroutine_origin_tracking_depth`
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ attributes:
 +-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
 | Type      | Attribute         | Description               |
 +===========+===================+===========================+
-| module    | __doc__           | documentation string      |
-+-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
-|           | __file__          | filename (missing for     |
-|           |                   | built-in modules)         |
-+-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
 | class     | __doc__           | documentation string      |
 +-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
 |           | __name__          | name with which this      |



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