Links in channel pages (#2441)

Author: mgeisler

src/concurrency/channels/bounded.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ minutes: 8
 
 # Bounded Channels
 
-With bounded (synchronous) channels, `send` can block the current thread:
+With bounded (synchronous) channels, [`send()`] can block the current thread:
 
 ```rust,editable
 use std::sync::mpsc;
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ fn main() {
 
 <details>
 
-- Calling `send` will block the current thread until there is space in the
+- Calling `send()` will block the current thread until there is space in the
   channel for the new message. The thread can be blocked indefinitely if there
   is nobody who reads from the channel.
-- A call to `send` will abort with an error (that is why it returns `Result`) if
-  the channel is closed. A channel is closed when the receiver is dropped.
+- A call to `send()` will abort with an error (that is why it returns `Result`)
+  if the channel is closed. A channel is closed when the receiver is dropped.
 - A bounded channel with a size of zero is called a "rendezvous channel". Every
-  send will block the current thread until another thread calls `recv`.
+  send will block the current thread until another thread calls [`recv()`].
 
 </details>
+
+[`send()`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.SyncSender.html#method.send
+[`recv()`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.Receiver.html#method.recv

src/concurrency/channels/senders-receivers.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ minutes: 9
 
 # Senders and Receivers
 
-Rust channels have two parts: a `Sender<T>` and a `Receiver<T>`. The two parts
-are connected via the channel, but you only see the end-points.
+Rust channels have two parts: a [`Sender<T>`] and a [`Receiver<T>`]. The two
+parts are connected via the channel, but you only see the end-points.
 
 ```rust,editable
 use std::sync::mpsc;
@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ fn main() {
 
 <details>
 
-- `mpsc` stands for Multi-Producer, Single-Consumer. `Sender` and `SyncSender`
+- [`mpsc`] stands for Multi-Producer, Single-Consumer. `Sender` and `SyncSender`
   implement `Clone` (so you can make multiple producers) but `Receiver` does
   not.
-- `send()` and `recv()` return `Result`. If they return `Err`, it means the
+- [`send()`] and [`recv()`] return `Result`. If they return `Err`, it means the
   counterpart `Sender` or `Receiver` is dropped and the channel is closed.
 
 </details>
+
+[`Sender<T>`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.Sender.html
+[`Receiver<T>`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.Receiver.html
+[`send()`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.Sender.html#method.send
+[`recv()`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/struct.Receiver.html#method.recv
+[`mpsc`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/index.html

src/concurrency/channels/unbounded.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ minutes: 2
 
 # Unbounded Channels
 
-You get an unbounded and asynchronous channel with `mpsc::channel()`:
+You get an unbounded and asynchronous channel with [`mpsc::channel()`]:
 
 ```rust,editable
 use std::sync::mpsc;
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 ```
+
+[`mpsc::channel()`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/mpsc/fn.channel.html