in sphinx/automarkup.py [0:0]
def markup_refs(docname, app, node):
t = node.astext()
done = 0
repl = [ ]
#
# Associate each regex with the function that will markup its matches
#
markup_func_sphinx2 = {RE_doc: markup_doc_ref,
RE_function: markup_c_ref,
RE_generic_type: markup_c_ref}
markup_func_sphinx3 = {RE_doc: markup_doc_ref,
RE_function: markup_func_ref_sphinx3,
RE_struct: markup_c_ref,
RE_union: markup_c_ref,
RE_enum: markup_c_ref,
RE_typedef: markup_c_ref}
if sphinx.version_info[0] >= 3:
markup_func = markup_func_sphinx3
else:
markup_func = markup_func_sphinx2
match_iterators = [regex.finditer(t) for regex in markup_func]
#
# Sort all references by the starting position in text
#
sorted_matches = sorted(chain(*match_iterators), key=lambda m: m.start())
for m in sorted_matches:
#
# Include any text prior to match as a normal text node.
#
if m.start() > done:
repl.append(nodes.Text(t[done:m.start()]))
#
# Call the function associated with the regex that matched this text and
# append its return to the text
#
repl.append(markup_func[m.re](docname, app, m))
done = m.end()
if done < len(t):
repl.append(nodes.Text(t[done:]))
return repl