Add --generate-link-to-definition option when building on docs.rs (#1327)

* Add `--generate-link-to-definition` option when building on docs.rs

* Fix documentation issues

Author: GuillaumeGomez

Cargo.toml

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ include = ["src/", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # To build locally:
-# RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg doc_cfg" cargo +nightly doc --all-features --no-deps --open
+# RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg doc_cfg" cargo +nightly doc --all-features --no-deps --generate-link-to-definition --open
 all-features = true
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "doc_cfg"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "doc_cfg", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [package.metadata.playground]
 features = ["small_rng", "serde1"]

rand_chacha/Cargo.toml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.56"
 
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
+
 [dependencies]
 rand_core = { path = "../rand_core", version = "0.7.0" }
 ppv-lite86 = { version = "0.2.14", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }

rand_core/Cargo.toml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rust-version = "1.56"
 # To build locally:
 # RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg doc_cfg" cargo +nightly doc --all-features --no-deps --open
 all-features = true
-rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "doc_cfg"]
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "doc_cfg", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
 
 [package.metadata.playground]
 all-features = true

rand_distr/Cargo.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.56"
 include = ["src/", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
+
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = ["alloc", "rand/std"]

rand_distr/src/geometric.rs

@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ impl Distribution<u64> for Geometric
 /// 
 /// See [`Geometric`](crate::Geometric) for the general geometric distribution.
 /// 
-/// Implemented via iterated [Rng::gen::<u64>().leading_zeros()].
+/// Implemented via iterated
+/// [`Rng::gen::<u64>().leading_zeros()`](Rng::gen::<u64>().leading_zeros()).
 /// 
 /// # Example
 /// ```

rand_pcg/Cargo.toml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ categories = ["algorithms", "no-std"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.56"
 
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+rustdoc-args = ["--generate-link-to-definition"]
+
 [features]
 serde1 = ["serde"]
 

src/distributions/uniform.rs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 //! `low < high`). The example below merely wraps another back-end.
 //!
 //! The `new`, `new_inclusive` and `sample_single` functions use arguments of
-//! type SampleBorrow<X> to support passing in values by reference or
+//! type `SampleBorrow<X>` to support passing in values by reference or
 //! by value. In the implementation of these functions, you can choose to
 //! simply use the reference returned by [`SampleBorrow::borrow`], or you can choose
 //! to copy or clone the value, whatever is appropriate for your type.