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-rw-r--r--lib/impure/nre.nim154
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/re.nim152
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/epoll.nim6
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/kqueue.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix.nim10
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_other.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/asyncmacro.nim10
10 files changed, 174 insertions, 174 deletions
diff --git a/lib/impure/nre.nim b/lib/impure/nre.nim
index bd17c713e..a4d0e02ae 100644
--- a/lib/impure/nre.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/nre.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ when defined(js):
 ## search the internet for a wide variety of third-party documentation and
 ## tools.
 ##
-## **Note**: If you love ``sequtils.toSeq`` we have bad news for you. This
+## **Note**: If you love `sequtils.toSeq` we have bad news for you. This
 ## library doesn't work with it due to documented compiler limitations. As
 ## a workaround, use this:
 ##
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ export options
 type
   Regex* = ref object
     ## Represents the pattern that things are matched against, constructed with
-    ## ``re(string)``. Examples: ``re"foo"``, ``re(r"(*ANYCRLF)(?x)foo #
-    ## comment".``
+    ## `re(string)`. Examples: `re"foo"`, `re(r"(*ANYCRLF)(?x)foo #
+    ## comment".`
     ##
-    ## ``pattern: string``
+    ## `pattern: string`
     ##     the string that was used to create the pattern. For details on how
     ##     to write a pattern, please see `the official PCRE pattern
     ##     documentation.
     ##     <https://www.pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrepattern.html>`_
     ##
-    ## ``captureCount: int``
+    ## `captureCount: int`
     ##     the number of captures that the pattern has.
     ##
-    ## ``captureNameId: Table[string, int]``
+    ## `captureNameId: Table[string, int]`
     ##     a table from the capture names to their numeric id.
     ##
     ##
@@ -98,30 +98,30 @@ type
     ## The following options may appear anywhere in the pattern, and they affect
     ## the rest of it.
     ##
-    ## -  ``(?i)`` - case insensitive
-    ## -  ``(?m)`` - multi-line: ``^`` and ``$`` match the beginning and end of
+    ## -  `(?i)` - case insensitive
+    ## -  `(?m)` - multi-line: `^` and `$` match the beginning and end of
     ##    lines, not of the subject string
-    ## -  ``(?s)`` - ``.`` also matches newline (*dotall*)
-    ## -  ``(?U)`` - expressions are not greedy by default. ``?`` can be added
+    ## -  `(?s)` - `.` also matches newline (*dotall*)
+    ## -  `(?U)` - expressions are not greedy by default. `?` can be added
     ##    to a qualifier to make it greedy
-    ## -  ``(?x)`` - whitespace and comments (``#``) are ignored (*extended*)
-    ## -  ``(?X)`` - character escapes without special meaning (``\w`` vs.
-    ##    ``\a``) are errors (*extra*)
+    ## -  `(?x)` - whitespace and comments (`#`) are ignored (*extended*)
+    ## -  `(?X)` - character escapes without special meaning (`\w` vs.
+    ##    `\a`) are errors (*extra*)
     ##
     ## One or a combination of these options may appear only at the beginning
     ## of the pattern:
     ##
-    ## -  ``(*UTF8)`` - treat both the pattern and subject as UTF-8
-    ## -  ``(*UCP)`` - Unicode character properties; ``\w`` matches ``ั``
-    ## -  ``(*U)`` - a combination of the two options above
-    ## -  ``(*FIRSTLINE*)`` - fails if there is not a match on the first line
-    ## -  ``(*NO_AUTO_CAPTURE)`` - turn off auto-capture for groups;
-    ##    ``(?<name>...)`` can be used to capture
-    ## -  ``(*CR)`` - newlines are separated by ``\r``
-    ## -  ``(*LF)`` - newlines are separated by ``\n`` (UNIX default)
-    ## -  ``(*CRLF)`` - newlines are separated by ``\r\n`` (Windows default)
-    ## -  ``(*ANYCRLF)`` - newlines are separated by any of the above
-    ## -  ``(*ANY)`` - newlines are separated by any of the above and Unicode
+    ## -  `(*UTF8)` - treat both the pattern and subject as UTF-8
+    ## -  `(*UCP)` - Unicode character properties; `\w` matches `ั`
+    ## -  `(*U)` - a combination of the two options above
+    ## -  `(*FIRSTLINE*)` - fails if there is not a match on the first line
+    ## -  `(*NO_AUTO_CAPTURE)` - turn off auto-capture for groups;
+    ##    `(?<name>...)` can be used to capture
+    ## -  `(*CR)` - newlines are separated by `\r`
+    ## -  `(*LF)` - newlines are separated by `\n` (UNIX default)
+    ## -  `(*CRLF)` - newlines are separated by `\r\n` (Windows default)
+    ## -  `(*ANYCRLF)` - newlines are separated by any of the above
+    ## -  `(*ANY)` - newlines are separated by any of the above and Unicode
     ##    newlines:
     ##
     ##     single characters VT (vertical tab, U+000B), FF (form feed, U+000C),
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ type
     ##     are recognized only in UTF-8 mode.
     ##     โ€”  man pcre
     ##
-    ## -  ``(*JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT)`` - JavaScript compatibility
-    ## -  ``(*NO_STUDY)`` - turn off studying; study is enabled by default
+    ## -  `(*JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT)` - JavaScript compatibility
+    ## -  `(*NO_STUDY)` - turn off studying; study is enabled by default
     ##
     ## For more details on the leading option groups, see the `Option
     ## Setting <http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pcresyntax.3.html#OPTION_SETTING>`_
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ type
     ## manual <http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pcresyntax.3.html>`_.
     ##
     ## Some of these options are not part of PCRE and are converted by nre
-    ## into PCRE flags. These include ``NEVER_UTF``, ``ANCHORED``,
-    ## ``DOLLAR_ENDONLY``, ``FIRSTLINE``, ``NO_AUTO_CAPTURE``,
-    ## ``JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT``, ``U``, ``NO_STUDY``. In other PCRE wrappers, you
+    ## into PCRE flags. These include `NEVER_UTF`, `ANCHORED`,
+    ## `DOLLAR_ENDONLY`, `FIRSTLINE`, `NO_AUTO_CAPTURE`,
+    ## `JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT`, `U`, `NO_STUDY`. In other PCRE wrappers, you
     ## will need to pass these as separate flags to PCRE.
     pattern*: string  ## not nil
     pcreObj: ptr pcre.Pcre  ## not nil
@@ -155,46 +155,46 @@ type
     ## Usually seen as Option[RegexMatch], it represents the result of an
     ## execution. On failure, it is none, on success, it is some.
     ##
-    ## ``pattern: Regex``
+    ## `pattern: Regex`
     ##     the pattern that is being matched
     ##
-    ## ``str: string``
+    ## `str: string`
     ##     the string that was matched against
     ##
-    ## ``captures[]: string``
+    ## `captures[]: string`
     ##     the string value of whatever was captured at that id. If the value
-    ##     is invalid, then behavior is undefined. If the id is ``-1``, then
+    ##     is invalid, then behavior is undefined. If the id is `-1`, then
     ##     the whole match is returned. If the given capture was not matched,
-    ##     ``nil`` is returned.
+    ##     `nil` is returned.
     ##
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captures[0] == "a"``
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"(?<letter>\w)").get.captures["letter"] == "a"``
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"(\w)\w").get.captures[-1] == "ab"``
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captures[0] == "a"`
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"(?<letter>\w)").get.captures["letter"] == "a"`
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"(\w)\w").get.captures[-1] == "ab"`
     ##
-    ## ``captureBounds[]: HSlice[int, int]``
+    ## `captureBounds[]: HSlice[int, int]`
     ##     gets the bounds of the given capture according to the same rules as
-    ##     the above. If the capture is not filled, then ``None`` is returned.
+    ##     the above. If the capture is not filled, then `None` is returned.
     ##     The bounds are both inclusive.
     ##
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captureBounds[0] == 0 .. 0``
-    ##     -  ``0 in "abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captureBounds == true``
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"").get.captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. -1``
-    ##     -  ``"abc".match(re"abc").get.captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. 2``
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captureBounds[0] == 0 .. 0`
+    ##     -  `0 in "abc".match(re"(\w)").get.captureBounds == true`
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"").get.captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. -1`
+    ##     -  `"abc".match(re"abc").get.captureBounds[-1] == 0 .. 2`
     ##
-    ## ``match: string``
+    ## `match: string`
     ##     the full text of the match.
     ##
-    ## ``matchBounds: HSlice[int, int]``
-    ##     the bounds of the match, as in ``captureBounds[]``
+    ## `matchBounds: HSlice[int, int]`
+    ##     the bounds of the match, as in `captureBounds[]`
     ##
-    ## ``(captureBounds|captures).toTable``
+    ## `(captureBounds|captures).toTable`
     ##     returns a table with each named capture as a key.
     ##
-    ## ``(captureBounds|captures).toSeq``
+    ## `(captureBounds|captures).toSeq`
     ##     returns all the captures by their number.
     ##
-    ## ``$: string``
-    ##     same as ``match``
+    ## `$: string`
+    ##     same as `match`
     pattern*: Regex  ## The regex doing the matching.
                      ## Not nil.
     str*: string  ## The string that was matched against.
@@ -549,14 +549,14 @@ proc match*(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = int.high): Option[R
 
 iterator findIter*(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = int.high): RegexMatch =
   ## Works the same as `find(...)<#find,string,Regex,int>`_, but finds every
-  ## non-overlapping match. ``"2222".find(re"22")`` is ``"22", "22"``, not
-  ## ``"22", "22", "22"``.
+  ## non-overlapping match. `"2222".find(re"22")` is `"22", "22"`, not
+  ## `"22", "22", "22"`.
   ##
   ## Arguments are the same as `find(...)<#find,string,Regex,int>`_
   ##
   ## Variants:
   ##
-  ## -  ``proc findAll(...)`` returns a ``seq[string]``
+  ## -  `proc findAll(...)` returns a `seq[string]`
   # see pcredemo for explanation
   let matchesCrLf = pattern.matchesCrLf()
   let unicode = uint32(getinfo[culong](pattern, pcre.INFO_OPTIONS) and
@@ -601,12 +601,12 @@ proc find*(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = int.high): Option[Re
   ## Finds the given pattern in the string between the end and start
   ## positions.
   ##
-  ## ``start``
-  ##     The start point at which to start matching. ``|abc`` is ``0``;
-  ##     ``a|bc`` is ``1``
+  ## `start`
+  ##     The start point at which to start matching. `|abc` is `0`;
+  ##     `a|bc` is `1`
   ##
-  ## ``endpos``
-  ##     The maximum index for a match; ``int.high`` means the end of the
+  ## `endpos`
+  ##     The maximum index for a match; `int.high` means the end of the
   ##     string, otherwise itโ€™s an inclusive upper bound.
   return str.matchImpl(pattern, start, endpos, 0)
 
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ proc findAll*(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = int.high): seq[st
 proc contains*(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = int.high): bool =
   ## Determine if the string contains the given pattern between the end and
   ## start positions:
-  ## This function is equivalent to ``isSome(str.find(pattern, start, endpos))``.
+  ## This function is equivalent to `isSome(str.find(pattern, start, endpos))`.
   ##
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert "abc".contains(re"bc")
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ proc split*(str: string, pattern: Regex, maxSplit = -1, start = 0): seq[string]
   ## Splits the string with the given regex. This works according to the
   ## rules that Perl and Javascript use.
   ##
-  ## ``start`` behaves the same as in `find(...)<#find,string,Regex,int>`_.
+  ## `start` behaves the same as in `find(...)<#find,string,Regex,int>`_.
   ##
   runnableExamples:
     # -  If the match is zero-width, then the string is still split:
@@ -641,8 +641,8 @@ proc split*(str: string, pattern: Regex, maxSplit = -1, start = 0): seq[string]
     #    split:
     doAssert "12".split(re"(\d)") == @["", "1", "", "2", ""]
 
-    # -  If ``maxsplit != -1``, then the string will only be split
-    #    ``maxsplit - 1`` times. This means that there will be ``maxsplit``
+    # -  If `maxsplit != -1`, then the string will only be split
+    #    `maxsplit - 1` times. This means that there will be `maxsplit`
     #    strings in the output seq.
     doAssert "1.2.3".split(re"\.", maxsplit = 2) == @["1", "2.3"]
 
@@ -708,28 +708,28 @@ template replaceImpl(str: string, pattern: Regex,
 
 proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex,
               subproc: proc (match: RegexMatch): string): string =
-  ## Replaces each match of Regex in the string with ``subproc``, which should
-  ## never be or return ``nil``.
+  ## Replaces each match of Regex in the string with `subproc`, which should
+  ## never be or return `nil`.
   ##
-  ## If ``subproc`` is a ``proc (RegexMatch): string``, then it is executed with
+  ## If `subproc` is a `proc (RegexMatch): string`, then it is executed with
   ## each match and the return value is the replacement value.
   ##
-  ## If ``subproc`` is a ``proc (string): string``, then it is executed with the
+  ## If `subproc` is a `proc (string): string`, then it is executed with the
   ## full text of the match and and the return value is the replacement
   ## value.
   ##
-  ## If ``subproc`` is a string, the syntax is as follows:
+  ## If `subproc` is a string, the syntax is as follows:
   ##
-  ## -  ``$$`` - literal ``$``
-  ## -  ``$123`` - capture number ``123``
-  ## -  ``$foo`` - named capture ``foo``
-  ## -  ``${foo}`` - same as above
-  ## -  ``$1$#`` - first and second captures
-  ## -  ``$#`` - first capture
-  ## -  ``$0`` - full match
+  ## -  `$$` - literal `$`
+  ## -  `$123` - capture number `123`
+  ## -  `$foo` - named capture `foo`
+  ## -  `${foo}` - same as above
+  ## -  `$1$#` - first and second captures
+  ## -  `$#` - first capture
+  ## -  `$0` - full match
   ##
-  ## If a given capture is missing, ``IndexDefect`` thrown for un-named captures
-  ## and ``KeyError`` for named captures.
+  ## If a given capture is missing, `IndexDefect` thrown for un-named captures
+  ## and `KeyError` for named captures.
   replaceImpl(str, pattern, subproc(match))
 
 proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex,
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex, sub: string): string =
 
 proc escapeRe*(str: string): string {.gcsafe.} =
   ## Escapes the string so it doesn't match any special characters.
-  ## Incompatible with the Extra flag (``X``).
+  ## Incompatible with the Extra flag (`X`).
   ##
   ## Escaped char: `\ + * ? [ ^ ] $ ( ) { } = ! < > | : -`
   runnableExamples:
diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 20dee2ecd..e881e91f6 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ import
 const
   MaxSubpatterns* = 20
     ## defines the maximum number of subpatterns that can be captured.
-    ## This limit still exists for ``replacef`` and ``parallelReplace``.
+    ## This limit still exists for `replacef` and `parallelReplace`.
 
 type
   RegexFlag* = enum     ## options for regular expressions
     reIgnoreCase = 0,    ## do caseless matching
-    reMultiLine = 1,     ## ``^`` and ``$`` match newlines within data
-    reDotAll = 2,        ## ``.`` matches anything including NL
-    reExtended = 3,      ## ignore whitespace and ``#`` comments
+    reMultiLine = 1,     ## `^` and `$` match newlines within data
+    reDotAll = 2,        ## `.` matches anything including NL
+    reExtended = 3,      ## ignore whitespace and `#` comments
     reStudy = 4          ## study the expression (may be omitted if the
                          ## expression will be used only once)
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ proc rawCompile(pattern: string, flags: cint): ptr Pcre =
 
 proc finalizeRegEx(x: Regex) =
   # XXX This is a hack, but PCRE does not export its "free" function properly.
-  # Sigh. The hack relies on PCRE's implementation (see ``pcre_get.c``).
+  # Sigh. The hack relies on PCRE's implementation (see `pcre_get.c`).
   # Fortunately the implementation is unlikely to change.
   pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h))
   if not isNil(x.e):
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ proc re*(s: string, flags = {reStudy}): Regex =
   ## Constructor of regular expressions.
   ##
   ## Note that Nim's
-  ## extended raw string literals support the syntax ``re"[abc]"`` as
-  ## a short form for ``re(r"[abc]")``. Also note that since this
+  ## extended raw string literals support the syntax `re"[abc]"` as
+  ## a short form for `re(r"[abc]")`. Also note that since this
   ## compiles the regular expression, which is expensive, you should
   ## avoid putting it directly in the arguments of the functions like
   ## the examples show below if you plan to use it a lot of times, as
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
 
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
                  start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] =
-  ## returns the starting position and end position of ``pattern`` in ``buf``
-  ## (where ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` and is not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated),
+  ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf`
+  ## (where `buf` has length `bufSize` and is not necessarily `'\0'` terminated),
   ## and the captured
-  ## substrings in the array ``matches``. If it does not match, nothing
-  ## is written into ``matches`` and ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
+  ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -163,20 +163,20 @@ proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
 
 proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
                  start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} =
-  ## returns the starting position and end position of ``pattern`` in ``s``
-  ## and the captured substrings in the array ``matches``.
+  ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `s`
+  ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
   ## If it does not match, nothing
-  ## is written into ``matches`` and ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned.
   result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
 
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
                  matches: var openArray[tuple[first, last: int]],
                  start = 0, bufSize = 0): tuple[first, last: int] =
-  ## returns the starting position and end position of ``pattern`` in ``buf``
-  ## (where ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` and is not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated),
-  ## and the captured substrings in the array ``matches``.
-  ## If it does not match, nothing is written into ``matches`` and
-  ## ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf`
+  ## (where `buf` has length `bufSize` and is not necessarily `'\0'` terminated),
+  ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
+  ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and
+  ## `(-1,0)` is returned.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
 proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex,
                  matches: var openArray[tuple[first, last: int]],
                  start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} =
-  ## returns the starting position and end position of ``pattern`` in ``s``
-  ## and the captured substrings in the array ``matches``.
-  ## If it does not match, nothing is written into ``matches`` and
-  ## ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `s`
+  ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
+  ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and
+  ## `(-1,0)` is returned.
   result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
 
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
                  start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] =
-  ## returns the ``first`` and ``last`` position of ``pattern`` in ``buf``,
-  ## where ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` (not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated).
-  ## If it does not match, ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## returns the `first` and `last` position of `pattern` in `buf`,
+  ## where `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
+  ## If it does not match, `(-1,0)` is returned.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
 
 proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex,
                  start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} =
-  ## returns the ``first`` and ``last`` position of ``pattern`` in ``s``.
-  ## If it does not match, ``(-1,0)`` is returned.
+  ## returns the `first` and `last` position of `pattern` in `s`.
+  ## If it does not match, `(-1,0)` is returned.
   ##
   ## Note: there is a speed improvement if the matches do not need to be captured.
   runnableExamples:
@@ -233,21 +233,21 @@ proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start, bufSize: int, flags: cint)
 
 proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
               start = 0): int {.inline.} =
-  ## the same as ``match``, but it returns the length of the match,
-  ## if there is no match, ``-1`` is returned. Note that a match length
+  ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
+  ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
   result = matchOrFind(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start.cint, s.len.cint, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
               start = 0, bufSize: int): int {.inline.} =
-  ## the same as ``match``, but it returns the length of the match,
-  ## if there is no match, ``-1`` is returned. Note that a match length
+  ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
+  ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
   return matchOrFind(buf, pattern, matches, start.cint, bufSize.cint, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
-  ## the same as ``match``, but it returns the length of the match,
-  ## if there is no match, ``-1`` is returned. Note that a match length
+  ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
+  ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
   ##
   runnableExamples:
@@ -257,20 +257,20 @@ proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
   result = matchOrFind(cstring(s), pattern, start.cint, s.len.cint, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int {.inline.} =
-  ## the same as ``match``, but it returns the length of the match,
-  ## if there is no match, ``-1`` is returned. Note that a match length
+  ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
+  ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
   result = matchOrFind(buf, pattern, start.cint, bufSize, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## returns ``true`` if ``s[start..]`` matches the ``pattern``.
+  ## returns `true` if `s[start..]` matches the `pattern`.
   result = matchLen(cstring(s), pattern, start, s.len) != -1
 
 proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
            start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## returns ``true`` if ``s[start..]`` matches the ``pattern`` and
-  ## the captured substrings in the array ``matches``. If it does not
-  ## match, nothing is written into ``matches`` and ``false`` is
+  ## returns `true` if `s[start..]` matches the `pattern` and
+  ## the captured substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not
+  ## match, nothing is written into `matches` and `false` is
   ## returned.
   ##
   runnableExamples:
@@ -282,19 +282,19 @@ proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
 
 proc match*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
            start = 0, bufSize: int): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## returns ``true`` if ``buf[start..<bufSize]`` matches the ``pattern`` and
-  ## the captured substrings in the array ``matches``. If it does not
-  ## match, nothing is written into ``matches`` and ``false`` is
+  ## returns `true` if `buf[start..<bufSize]` matches the `pattern` and
+  ## the captured substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not
+  ## match, nothing is written into `matches` and `false` is
   ## returned.
-  ## ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` (not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated).
+  ## `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
   result = matchLen(buf, pattern, matches, start, bufSize) != -1
 
 proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
            start = 0, bufSize = 0): int =
-  ## returns the starting position of ``pattern`` in ``buf`` and the captured
-  ## substrings in the array ``matches``. If it does not match, nothing
-  ## is written into ``matches`` and ``-1`` is returned.
-  ## ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` (not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated).
+  ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `buf` and the captured
+  ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
+  ## is written into `matches` and `-1` is returned.
+  ## `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -310,15 +310,15 @@ proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
 
 proc find*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
            start = 0): int {.inline.} =
-  ## returns the starting position of ``pattern`` in ``s`` and the captured
-  ## substrings in the array ``matches``. If it does not match, nothing
-  ## is written into ``matches`` and ``-1`` is returned.
+  ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `s` and the captured
+  ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
+  ## is written into `matches` and `-1` is returned.
   result = find(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
 
 proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int =
-  ## returns the starting position of ``pattern`` in ``buf``,
-  ## where ``buf`` has length ``bufSize`` (not necessarily ``'\0'`` terminated).
-  ## If it does not match, ``-1`` is returned.
+  ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `buf`,
+  ## where `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
+  ## If it does not match, `-1` is returned.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int =
   return rawMatches[0]
 
 proc find*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
-  ## returns the starting position of ``pattern`` in ``s``. If it does not
-  ## match, ``-1`` is returned. We start the scan at `start`.
+  ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `s`. If it does not
+  ## match, `-1` is returned. We start the scan at `start`.
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert find("abcdefg", re"cde") == 2
     doAssert find("abcdefg", re"abc") == 0
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ iterator findAll*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): string =
     i = b
 
 iterator findAll*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): string =
-  ## Yields all matching `substrings` of ``s`` that match ``pattern``.
+  ## Yields all matching `substrings` of `s` that match `pattern`.
   ##
   ## Note that since this is an iterator you should not modify the string you
   ## are iterating over: bad things could happen.
@@ -381,20 +381,20 @@ iterator findAll*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): string
     i = b
 
 proc findAll*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): seq[string] {.inline.} =
-  ## returns all matching `substrings` of ``s`` that match ``pattern``.
+  ## returns all matching `substrings` of `s` that match `pattern`.
   ## If it does not match, @[] is returned.
   result = @[]
   for x in findAll(s, pattern, start): result.add x
 
 template `=~` *(s: string, pattern: Regex): untyped =
-  ## This calls ``match`` with an implicit declared ``matches`` array that
-  ## can be used in the scope of the ``=~`` call:
+  ## This calls `match` with an implicit declared `matches` array that
+  ## can be used in the scope of the `=~` call:
   runnableExamples:
     proc parse(line: string): string =
       if line =~ re"\s*(\w+)\s*\=\s*(\w+)": # matches a key=value pair:
         result = $(matches[0], matches[1])
       elif line =~ re"\s*(\#.*)": # matches a comment
-        # note that the implicit ``matches`` array is different from 1st branch
+        # note that the implicit `matches` array is different from 1st branch
         result = $(matches[0],)
       else: doAssert false
       doAssert not declared(matches)
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ template `=~` *(s: string, pattern: Regex): untyped =
 # ------------------------- more string handling ------------------------------
 
 proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## same as ``find(s, pattern, start) >= 0``
+  ## same as `find(s, pattern, start) >= 0`
   return find(s, pattern, start) >= 0
 
 proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
               start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## same as ``find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0``
+  ## same as `find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0`
   return find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0
 
 proc startsWith*(s: string, prefix: Regex): bool {.inline.} =
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ proc endsWith*(s: string, suffix: Regex): bool {.inline.} =
     if matchLen(s, suffix, i) == s.len - i: return true
 
 proc replace*(s: string, sub: Regex, by = ""): string =
-  ## Replaces ``sub`` in ``s`` by the string ``by``. Captures cannot be
-  ## accessed in ``by``.
+  ## Replaces `sub` in `s` by the string `by`. Captures cannot be
+  ## accessed in `by`.
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(re"(\w+)=(\w+)") == "; "
     doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(re"(\w+)=(\w+)", "?") == "?; ?"
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ proc replace*(s: string, sub: Regex, by = ""): string =
   add(result, substr(s, prev))
 
 proc replacef*(s: string, sub: Regex, by: string): string =
-  ## Replaces ``sub`` in ``s`` by the string ``by``. Captures can be accessed in ``by``
-  ## with the notation ``$i`` and ``$#`` (see strutils.\`%\`).
+  ## Replaces `sub` in `s` by the string `by`. Captures can be accessed in `by`
+  ## with the notation `$i` and `$#` (see strutils.\`%\`).
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replacef(re"(\w+)=(\w+)", "$1<-$2$2") ==
       "var1<-keykey; var2<-key2key2"
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ proc replacef*(s: string, sub: Regex, by: string): string =
 
 proc multiReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
                    tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]): string =
-  ## Returns a modified copy of ``s`` with the substitutions in ``subs``
+  ## Returns a modified copy of `s` with the substitutions in `subs`
   ## applied in parallel.
   result = ""
   var i = 0
@@ -482,17 +482,17 @@ proc multiReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
 
 proc transformFile*(infile, outfile: string,
                     subs: openArray[tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]) =
-  ## reads in the file ``infile``, performs a parallel replacement (calls
-  ## ``parallelReplace``) and writes back to ``outfile``. Raises ``IOError`` if an
+  ## reads in the file `infile`, performs a parallel replacement (calls
+  ## `parallelReplace`) and writes back to `outfile`. Raises `IOError` if an
   ## error occurs. This is supposed to be used for quick scripting.
   var x = readFile(infile)
   writeFile(outfile, x.multiReplace(subs))
 
 iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex; maxsplit = -1): string =
-  ## Splits the string ``s`` into substrings.
+  ## Splits the string `s` into substrings.
   ##
-  ## Substrings are separated by the regular expression ``sep``
-  ## (and the portion matched by ``sep`` is not returned).
+  ## Substrings are separated by the regular expression `sep`
+  ## (and the portion matched by `sep` is not returned).
   runnableExamples:
     import sequtils
     doAssert toSeq(split("00232this02939is39an22example111", re"\d+")) ==
@@ -519,14 +519,14 @@ iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex; maxsplit = -1): string =
     inc(last, sepLen)
 
 proc split*(s: string, sep: Regex, maxsplit = -1): seq[string] {.inline.} =
-  ## Splits the string ``s`` into a seq of substrings.
+  ## Splits the string `s` into a seq of substrings.
   ##
-  ## The portion matched by ``sep`` is not returned.
+  ## The portion matched by `sep` is not returned.
   result = @[]
   for x in split(s, sep, maxsplit): result.add x
 
 proc escapeRe*(s: string): string =
-  ## escapes ``s`` so that it is matched verbatim when used as a regular
+  ## escapes `s` so that it is matched verbatim when used as a regular
   ## expression.
   result = ""
   for c in items(s):
diff --git a/lib/posix/epoll.nim b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
index 9f0cf75ed..1f105ecac 100644
--- a/lib/posix/epoll.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ proc epoll_create1*(flags: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_create1",
 
 proc epoll_ctl*(epfd: cint; op: cint; fd: cint | SocketHandle; event: ptr EpollEvent): cint {.
     importc: "epoll_ctl", header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
-  ## Manipulate an epoll instance "epfd". Returns ``0`` in case of success,
-  ## ``-1`` in case of error (the "errno" variable will contain the specific error code).
+  ## Manipulate an epoll instance "epfd". Returns `0` in case of success,
+  ## `-1` in case of error (the "errno" variable will contain the specific error code).
   ## 
-  ## The "op" parameter is one of the ``EPOLL_CTL_*``
+  ## The "op" parameter is one of the `EPOLL_CTL_*`
   ## constants defined above. The "fd" parameter is the target of the
   ## operation. The "event" parameter describes which events the caller
   ## is interested in and any associated user data.
diff --git a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
index 18b47f5d5..c83ae33ea 100644
--- a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ proc kevent*(kqFD: cint,
              changelist: ptr KEvent, nchanges: cint,
              eventlist: ptr KEvent, nevents: cint, timeout: ptr Timespec): cint
      {.importc: "kevent", header: "<sys/event.h>".}
-  ## Manipulates queue for given ``kqFD`` descriptor.
+  ## Manipulates queue for given `kqFD` descriptor.
 
 proc EV_SET*(event: ptr KEvent, ident: uint, filter: cshort, flags: cushort,
              fflags: cuint, data: int, udata: pointer)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index b5da42757..ef9188f75 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ## the \`identifier\` notation is used.
 ##
 ## This library relies on the header files of your C compiler. The
-## resulting C code will just ``#include <XYZ.h>`` and *not* define the
+## resulting C code will just `#include <XYZ.h>` and *not* define the
 ## symbols declared here.
 
 # Dead code elimination ensures that we don't accidentally generate #includes
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ type Sighandler = proc (a: cint) {.noconv.}
 const StatHasNanoseconds* = defined(linux) or defined(freebsd) or
     defined(osx) or defined(openbsd) or defined(dragonfly) or defined(haiku) ## \
   ## Boolean flag that indicates if the system supports nanosecond time
-  ## resolution in the fields of ``Stat``. Note that the nanosecond based fields
-  ## (``Stat.st_atim``, ``Stat.st_mtim`` and ``Stat.st_ctim``) can be accessed
+  ## resolution in the fields of `Stat`. Note that the nanosecond based fields
+  ## (`Stat.st_atim`, `Stat.st_mtim` and `Stat.st_ctim`) can be accessed
   ## without checking this flag, because this module defines fallback procs
   ## when they are not available.
 
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ when defined(linux) or defined(bsd):
 
 proc bindSocket*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: SockLen): cint {.
   importc: "bind", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
-  ## is Posix's ``bind``, because ``bind`` is a reserved word
+  ## is Posix's `bind`, because `bind` is a reserved word
 
 proc connect*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: SockLen): cint {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ proc handle_signal(sig: cint, handler: proc (a: cint) {.noconv.}) {.importc: "si
 
 template onSignal*(signals: varargs[cint], body: untyped) =
   ## Setup code to be executed when Unix signals are received. The
-  ## currently handled signal is injected as ``sig`` into the calling
+  ## currently handled signal is injected as `sig` into the calling
   ## scope.
   ##
   ## Example:
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim b/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim
index eaf2cfb85..d626b2106 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ else:
   var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
 when defined(macosx):
-  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the ``send`` function, it has no effect
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
   # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
index 94c08acad..2e68af330 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ when defined(linux) or defined(bsd):
   var SOCK_CLOEXEC* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
 when defined(macosx):
-  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the ``send`` function, it has no effect
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
   # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
index 584d06501..1ef4a4182 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
index a5eb32d22..6584bfab2 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ when defined(linux) or defined(bsd):
   var SOCK_CLOEXEC* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
 when defined(macosx):
-  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the ``send`` function, it has no effect
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
   # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncmacro.nim b/lib/pure/asyncmacro.nim
index c60c5e4ca..3097ac104 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncmacro.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncmacro.nim
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ template await*[T](f: Future[T]): auto {.used.} =
 
 proc asyncSingleProc(prc: NimNode): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## This macro transforms a single procedure into a closure iterator.
-  ## The ``async`` macro supports a stmtList holding multiple async procedures.
+  ## The `async` macro supports a stmtList holding multiple async procedures.
   if prc.kind == nnkProcTy:
     result = prc
     if prc[0][0].kind == nnkEmpty:
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ proc stripReturnType(returnType: NimNode): NimNode =
 proc splitProc(prc: NimNode): (NimNode, NimNode) =
   ## Takes a procedure definition which takes a generic union of arguments,
   ## for example: proc (socket: Socket | AsyncSocket).
-  ## It transforms them so that ``proc (socket: Socket)`` and
-  ## ``proc (socket: AsyncSocket)`` are returned.
+  ## It transforms them so that `proc (socket: Socket)` and
+  ## `proc (socket: AsyncSocket)` are returned.
 
   result[0] = prc.copyNimTree()
   # Retrieve the `T` inside `Future[T]`.
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ macro multisync*(prc: untyped): untyped =
   ## Macro which processes async procedures into both asynchronous and
   ## synchronous procedures.
   ##
-  ## The generated async procedures use the ``async`` macro, whereas the
-  ## generated synchronous procedures simply strip off the ``await`` calls.
+  ## The generated async procedures use the `async` macro, whereas the
+  ## generated synchronous procedures simply strip off the `await` calls.
   let (sync, asyncPrc) = splitProc(prc)
   result = newStmtList()
   result.add(asyncSingleProc(asyncPrc))