Remove function invokation parens from documentation links.

src/doc/book/src/ffi.md

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ attribute turns off Rust's name mangling, so that it is easier to link to.
 
 It’s important to be mindful of `panic!`s when working with FFI. A `panic!`
 across an FFI boundary is undefined behavior. If you’re writing code that may
-panic, you should run it in a closure with [`catch_unwind()`]:
+panic, you should run it in a closure with [`catch_unwind`]:
 
 ```rust
 use std::panic::catch_unwind;
@@ -706,11 +706,11 @@ pub extern fn oh_no() -> i32 {
 fn main() {}
 ```
 
-Please note that [`catch_unwind()`] will only catch unwinding panics, not
-those who abort the process. See the documentation of [`catch_unwind()`]
+Please note that [`catch_unwind`] will only catch unwinding panics, not
+those who abort the process. See the documentation of [`catch_unwind`]
 for more information.
 
-[`catch_unwind()`]: ../std/panic/fn.catch_unwind.html
+[`catch_unwind`]: ../std/panic/fn.catch_unwind.html
 
 # Representing opaque structs
 

src/doc/book/src/guessing-game.md

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ The next part will use this handle to get input from the user:
 .read_line(&mut guess)
 ```
 
-Here, we call the [`read_line()`][read_line] method on our handle.
+Here, we call the [`read_line`][read_line] method on our handle.
 [Methods][method] are like associated functions, but are only available on a
 particular instance of a type, rather than the type itself. We’re also passing
 one argument to `read_line()`: `&mut guess`.

src/liballoc/rc.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! Single-threaded reference-counting pointers.
 //!
 //! The type [`Rc<T>`][`Rc`] provides shared ownership of a value of type `T`,
-//! allocated in the heap. Invoking [`clone()`][clone] on [`Rc`] produces a new
+//! allocated in the heap. Invoking [`clone`][clone] on [`Rc`] produces a new
 //! pointer to the same value in the heap. When the last [`Rc`] pointer to a
 //! given value is destroyed, the pointed-to value is also destroyed.
 //!
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 //! threads. If you need multi-threaded, atomic reference counting, use
 //! [`sync::Arc`][arc].
 //!
-//! The [`downgrade()`][downgrade] method can be used to create a non-owning
+//! The [`downgrade`][downgrade] method can be used to create a non-owning
 //! [`Weak`] pointer. A [`Weak`] pointer can be [`upgrade`][upgrade]d
 //! to an [`Rc`], but this will return [`None`] if the value has
 //! already been dropped.

src/libcollections/binary_heap.rs

@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ pub struct BinaryHeap<T> {
     data: Vec<T>,
 }
 
-/// A container object that represents the result of the [`peek_mut()`] method
+/// A container object that represents the result of the [`peek_mut`] method
 /// on `BinaryHeap`. See its documentation for details.
 ///
-/// [`peek_mut()`]: struct.BinaryHeap.html#method.peek_mut
+/// [`peek_mut`]: struct.BinaryHeap.html#method.peek_mut
 #[stable(feature = "binary_heap_peek_mut", since = "1.12.0")]
 pub struct PeekMut<'a, T: 'a + Ord> {
     heap: &'a mut BinaryHeap<T>,

src/libcollections/slice.rs

@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 //! the element type of the slice is `i32`, the element type of the iterator is
 //! `&mut i32`.
 //!
-//! * [`.iter()`] and [`.iter_mut()`] are the explicit methods to return the default
+//! * [`.iter`] and [`.iter_mut`] are the explicit methods to return the default
 //!   iterators.
-//! * Further methods that return iterators are [`.split()`], [`.splitn()`],
-//!   [`.chunks()`], [`.windows()`] and more.
+//! * Further methods that return iterators are [`.split`], [`.splitn`],
+//!   [`.chunks`], [`.windows`] and more.
 //!
 //! *[See also the slice primitive type](../../std/primitive.slice.html).*
 //!
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
 //! [`Ord`]: ../../std/cmp/trait.Ord.html
 //! [`Iter`]: struct.Iter.html
 //! [`Hash`]: ../../std/hash/trait.Hash.html
-//! [`.iter()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.iter
-//! [`.iter_mut()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.iter_mut
-//! [`.split()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.split
-//! [`.splitn()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.splitn
-//! [`.chunks()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.chunks
-//! [`.windows()`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.windows
+//! [`.iter`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.iter
+//! [`.iter_mut`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.iter_mut
+//! [`.split`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.split
+//! [`.splitn`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.splitn
+//! [`.chunks`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.chunks
+//! [`.windows`]: ../../std/primitive.slice.html#method.windows
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
 // Many of the usings in this module are only used in the test configuration.
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ impl<T> [T] {
     }
 
     /// Returns a mutable reference to an element or subslice depending on the
-    /// type of index (see [`get()`]) or `None` if the index is out of bounds.
+    /// type of index (see [`get`]) or `None` if the index is out of bounds.
     ///
-    /// [`get()`]: #method.get
+    /// [`get`]: #method.get
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///

src/libcollections/str.rs

@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ impl str {
     /// excluding `end`.
     ///
     /// To get a mutable string slice instead, see the
-    /// [`slice_mut_unchecked()`] method.
+    /// [`slice_mut_unchecked`] method.
     ///
-    /// [`slice_mut_unchecked()`]: #method.slice_mut_unchecked
+    /// [`slice_mut_unchecked`]: #method.slice_mut_unchecked
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ impl str {
     /// excluding `end`.
     ///
     /// To get an immutable string slice instead, see the
-    /// [`slice_unchecked()`] method.
+    /// [`slice_unchecked`] method.
     ///
-    /// [`slice_unchecked()`]: #method.slice_unchecked
+    /// [`slice_unchecked`]: #method.slice_unchecked
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ impl str {
     /// The two slices returned go from the start of the string slice to `mid`,
     /// and from `mid` to the end of the string slice.
     ///
-    /// To get mutable string slices instead, see the [`split_at_mut()`]
+    /// To get mutable string slices instead, see the [`split_at_mut`]
     /// method.
     ///
-    /// [`split_at_mut()`]: #method.split_at_mut
+    /// [`split_at_mut`]: #method.split_at_mut
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ impl str {
     /// The two slices returned go from the start of the string slice to `mid`,
     /// and from `mid` to the end of the string slice.
     ///
-    /// To get immutable string slices instead, see the [`split_at()`] method.
+    /// To get immutable string slices instead, see the [`split_at`] method.
     ///
-    /// [`split_at()`]: #method.split_at
+    /// [`split_at`]: #method.split_at
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
@@ -824,10 +824,10 @@ impl str {
     /// [`DoubleEndedIterator`]: iter/trait.DoubleEndedIterator.html
     ///
     /// If the pattern allows a reverse search but its results might differ
-    /// from a forward search, the [`rsplit()`] method can be used.
+    /// from a forward search, the [`rsplit`] method can be used.
     ///
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
-    /// [`rsplit()`]: #method.rsplit
+    /// [`rsplit`]: #method.rsplit
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -912,9 +912,9 @@ impl str {
     /// assert_eq!(d, &["a", "b", "c"]);
     /// ```
     ///
-    /// Use [`split_whitespace()`] for this behavior.
+    /// Use [`split_whitespace`] for this behavior.
     ///
-    /// [`split_whitespace()`]: #method.split_whitespace
+    /// [`split_whitespace`]: #method.split_whitespace
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn split<'a, P: Pattern<'a>>(&'a self, pat: P) -> Split<'a, P> {
         core_str::StrExt::split(self, pat)
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`DoubleEndedIterator`]: iter/trait.DoubleEndedIterator.html
     ///
-    /// For iterating from the front, the [`split()`] method can be used.
+    /// For iterating from the front, the [`split`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`split()`]: #method.split
+    /// [`split`]: #method.split
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -977,10 +977,10 @@ impl str {
     /// The pattern can be a `&str`, [`char`], or a closure that determines the
     /// split.
     ///
-    /// Equivalent to [`split()`], except that the trailing substring
+    /// Equivalent to [`split`], except that the trailing substring
     /// is skipped if empty.
     ///
-    /// [`split()`]: #method.split
+    /// [`split`]: #method.split
     ///
     /// This method can be used for string data that is _terminated_,
     /// rather than _separated_ by a pattern.
@@ -995,9 +995,9 @@ impl str {
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
     ///
     /// If the pattern allows a reverse search but its results might differ
-    /// from a forward search, the [`rsplit_terminator()`] method can be used.
+    /// from a forward search, the [`rsplit_terminator`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`rsplit_terminator()`]: #method.rsplit_terminator
+    /// [`rsplit_terminator`]: #method.rsplit_terminator
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1025,10 +1025,10 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
     ///
-    /// Equivalent to [`split()`], except that the trailing substring is
+    /// Equivalent to [`split`], except that the trailing substring is
     /// skipped if empty.
     ///
-    /// [`split()`]: #method.split
+    /// [`split`]: #method.split
     ///
     /// This method can be used for string data that is _terminated_,
     /// rather than _separated_ by a pattern.
@@ -1039,10 +1039,10 @@ impl str {
     /// reverse search, and it will be double ended if a forward/reverse
     /// search yields the same elements.
     ///
-    /// For iterating from the front, the [`split_terminator()`] method can be
+    /// For iterating from the front, the [`split_terminator`] method can be
     /// used.
     ///
-    /// [`split_terminator()`]: #method.split_terminator
+    /// [`split_terminator`]: #method.split_terminator
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1076,10 +1076,10 @@ impl str {
     /// The returned iterator will not be double ended, because it is
     /// not efficient to support.
     ///
-    /// If the pattern allows a reverse search, the [`rsplitn()`] method can be
+    /// If the pattern allows a reverse search, the [`rsplitn`] method can be
     /// used.
     ///
-    /// [`rsplitn()`]: #method.rsplitn
+    /// [`rsplitn`]: #method.rsplitn
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1127,9 +1127,9 @@ impl str {
     /// The returned iterator will not be double ended, because it is not
     /// efficient to support.
     ///
-    /// For splitting from the front, the [`splitn()`] method can be used.
+    /// For splitting from the front, the [`splitn`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`splitn()`]: #method.splitn
+    /// [`splitn`]: #method.splitn
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1177,9 +1177,9 @@ impl str {
     /// [`char`]: primitive.char.html
     ///
     /// If the pattern allows a reverse search but its results might differ
-    /// from a forward search, the [`rmatches()`] method can be used.
+    /// from a forward search, the [`rmatches`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`rmatches()`]: #method.rmatches
+    /// [`rmatches`]: #method.rmatches
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1213,9 +1213,9 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`DoubleEndedIterator`]: iter/trait.DoubleEndedIterator.html
     ///
-    /// For iterating from the front, the [`matches()`] method can be used.
+    /// For iterating from the front, the [`matches`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`matches()`]: #method.matches
+    /// [`matches`]: #method.matches
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1255,9 +1255,9 @@ impl str {
     /// [`DoubleEndedIterator`]: iter/trait.DoubleEndedIterator.html
     ///
     /// If the pattern allows a reverse search but its results might differ
-    /// from a forward search, the [`rmatch_indices()`] method can be used.
+    /// from a forward search, the [`rmatch_indices`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`rmatch_indices()`]: #method.rmatch_indices
+    /// [`rmatch_indices`]: #method.rmatch_indices
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1297,9 +1297,9 @@ impl str {
     ///
     /// [`DoubleEndedIterator`]: iter/trait.DoubleEndedIterator.html
     ///
-    /// For iterating from the front, the [`match_indices()`] method can be used.
+    /// For iterating from the front, the [`match_indices`] method can be used.
     ///
-    /// [`match_indices()`]: #method.match_indices
+    /// [`match_indices`]: #method.match_indices
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///