[Python-checkins] [3.11] gh-96165: Clarify passing ":memory:" in sqlite3.connect() (GH-106451) (#106648)

[erlend-aasland]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/247f0500b88bb881f563792c7db535e91259b90c
commit: 247f0500b88bb881f563792c7db535e91259b90c
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: erlend-aasland <erlend.aasland at protonmail.com>
date: 2023-07-11T22:32:08+02:00
summary:

[3.11] gh-96165: Clarify passing ":memory:" in sqlite3.connect() (GH-106451) (#106648)

cherry picked from commit f520804b039df0d87fb9df6f1fed2a9bc9df8d61)

Co-authored-by: Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/library/sqlite3.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index a50be741ce8bc..06f5293fbdbd1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@ Module functions
 
    :param database:
        The path to the database file to be opened.
-       Pass ``":memory:"`` to open a connection to a database that is
-       in RAM instead of on disk.
+       You can pass ``":memory:"`` to create an `SQLite database existing only
+       in memory <https://sqlite.org/inmemorydb.html>`_, and open a connection
+       to it.
    :type database: :term:`path-like object`
 
    :param float timeout: