clean the base manual and base doctests from LinearAlgebra specific things

Author: fredrikekre

base/docs/basedocs.jl

@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ callable with no arguments). The task exits when this function returns.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a() = det(rand(1000, 1000));
+julia> a() = sum(i for i in 1:1000);
 
 julia> b = Task(a);
 ```

base/event.jl

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ If a second argument `val` is provided, it will be passed to the task (via the r
 the woken task.
 
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a5() = det(rand(1000, 1000));
+julia> a5() = sum(i for i in 1:1000);
 
 julia> b = Task(a5);
 

base/number.jl

@@ -171,28 +171,6 @@ copysign(x::Real, y::Real) = ifelse(signbit(x)!=signbit(y), -x, +x)
 
 conj(x::Real) = x
 transpose(x::Number) = x
-"""
-    adjoint(A)
-
-Lazy adjoint (conjugate transposition) (also postfix `'`). Note that `adjoint` is applied recursively to
-elements.
-
-This operation is intended for linear algebra usage - for general data manipulation see
-[`permutedims`](@ref).
-
-# Examples
-```jldoctest
-julia> A = [3+2im 9+2im; 8+7im  4+6im]
-2×2 Array{Complex{Int64},2}:
- 3+2im  9+2im
- 8+7im  4+6im
-
-julia> adjoint(A)
-2×2 Adjoint{Complex{Int64},Array{Complex{Int64},2}}:
- 3-2im  8-7im
- 9-2im  4-6im
-```
-"""
 adjoint(x::Number) = conj(x)
 angle(z::Real) = atan2(zero(z), z)
 

base/permuteddimsarray.jl

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ end
     permutedims(m::AbstractMatrix)
 
 Permute the dimensions of the matrix `m`, by flipping the elements across the diagonal of
-the matrix. Differs from [`transpose`](@ref) in that the operation is not recursive.
+the matrix. Differs from `LinearAlgebra`'s [`transpose`](@ref) in that the
+operation is not recursive.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ julia> permutedims(X)
  [5 6; 7 8]  [13 14; 15 16]
 
 julia> transpose(X)
-2×2 Array{Array{Int64,2},2}:
+2×2 LinearAlgebra.Transpose{LinearAlgebra.Transpose{Int64,Array{Int64,2}},Array{Array{Int64,2},2}}:
  [1 3; 2 4]  [9 11; 10 12]
  [5 7; 6 8]  [13 15; 14 16]
 ```
@@ -151,19 +152,16 @@ permutedims(A::AbstractMatrix) = permutedims(A, (2,1))
     permutedims(v::AbstractVector)
 
 Reshape vector `v` into a `1 × length(v)` row matrix.
- Differs from [`transpose`](@ref) in that the operation is not recursive.
+Differs from `LinearAlgebra`'s [`transpose`](@ref) in that
+the operation is not recursive.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> permutedims(v)
+julia> permutedims([1, 2, 3, 4])
 1×4 Array{Int64,2}:
  1  2  3  4
 
-julia> a = [1 2; 3 4];
-
-julia> b = [5 6; 7 8];
-
-julia> V = [[a]; [b]]
+julia> V = [[[1 2; 3 4]]; [[5 6; 7 8]]]
 2-element Array{Array{Int64,2},1}:
  [1 2; 3 4]
  [5 6; 7 8]
@@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ julia> permutedims(V)
  [1 2; 3 4]  [5 6; 7 8]
 
 julia> transpose(V)
-1×2 Transpose{Transpose{Int64,Array{Int64,2}},Array{Array{Int64,2},1}}:
+1×2 LinearAlgebra.Transpose{LinearAlgebra.Transpose{Int64,Array{Int64,2}},Array{Array{Int64,2},1}}:
  [1 3; 2 4]  [5 7; 6 8]
 ```
 """

base/reflection.jl

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Get the name of a `Module` as a `Symbol`.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> nameof(Base)
-:Base
+julia> nameof(Base.Broadcast)
+:Broadcast
 ```
 """
 nameof(m::Module) = ccall(:jl_module_name, Ref{Symbol}, (Any,), m)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Get a module's enclosing `Module`. `Main` is its own parent.
 julia> parentmodule(Main)
 Main
 
-julia> parentmodule(Base.Sys)
+julia> parentmodule(Base.Broadcast)
 Base
 ```
 """
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ Get an array of the fields of a `DataType`.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> fieldnames(Hermitian)
+julia> fieldnames(Rational)
 2-element Array{Symbol,1}:
- :data
- :uplo
+ :num
+ :den
 ```
 """
 fieldnames(t::DataType) = Symbol[fieldname(t, n) for n in 1:fieldcount(t)]

base/subarray.jl

@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ it is not a view.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a = [1 2; 3 4]
+julia> A = [1 2; 3 4]
 2×2 Array{Int64,2}:
  1  2
  3  4
 
-julia> s_a = Symmetric(a)
-2×2 Symmetric{Int64,Array{Int64,2}}:
+julia> V = view(A, 1:2, :)
+2×2 view(::Array{Int64,2}, 1:2, :) with eltype Int64:
  1  2
- 2  4
+ 3  4
 
-julia> parent(s_a)
+julia> parent(V)
 2×2 Array{Int64,2}:
  1  2
  3  4

base/task.jl

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Wrap an expression in a [`Task`](@ref) without executing it, and return the [`Ta
 creates a task, and does not run it.
 
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a1() = det(rand(1000, 1000));
+julia> a1() = sum(i for i in 1:1000);
 
 julia> b = @task a1();
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ current_task() = ccall(:jl_get_current_task, Ref{Task}, ())
 Determine whether a task has exited.
 
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a2() = det(rand(1000, 1000));
+julia> a2() = sum(i for i in 1:1000);
 
 julia> b = Task(a2);
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ istaskdone(t::Task) = ((t.state == :done) | istaskfailed(t))
 Determine whether a task has started executing.
 
 ```jldoctest
-julia> a3() = det(rand(1000, 1000));
+julia> a3() = sum(i for i in 1:1000);
 
 julia> b = Task(a3);
 

doc/src/manual/documentation.md

@@ -616,13 +616,13 @@ the Julia documentation itself. For example:
 
 ```julia
 """
-    eigvals!(A,[irange,][vl,][vu]) -> values
+    accumulate!(op, y, x)
 
-Same as [`eigvals`](@ref), but saves space by overwriting the input `A`, instead of creating a copy.
+Cumulative operation `op` on a vector `x`, storing the result in `y`. See also [`accumulate`](@ref).
 """
 ```
 
-This will create a link in the generated docs to the `eigvals` documentation
+This will create a link in the generated docs to the `accumulate` documentation
 (which has more information about what this function actually does). It's good to include
 cross references to mutating/non-mutating versions of a function, or to highlight a difference
 between two similar-seeming functions.

doc/src/manual/functions.md

@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ A few special expressions correspond to calls to functions with non-obvious name
 | `[A; B; C; ...]`  | [`vcat`](@ref)          |
 | `[A B; C D; ...]` | [`hvcat`](@ref)         |
 | `A'`              | [`adjoint`](@ref)       |
-| `A.'`             | [`transpose`](@ref)     |
 | `1:n`             | [`colon`](@ref)         |
 | `A[i]`            | [`getindex`](@ref)      |
 | `A[i] = x`        | [`setindex!`](@ref)     |

doc/src/manual/interfaces.md

@@ -115,9 +115,12 @@ Now, when we ask Julia to [`collect`](@ref) all the elements into an array it ca
 of the right size instead of blindly [`push!`](@ref)ing each element into a `Vector{Any}`:
 
 ```jldoctest squaretype
-julia> collect(Squares(10))' # transposed to save space
-1×10 RowVector{Int64,Array{Int64,1}}:
- 1  4  9  16  25  36  49  64  81  100
+julia> collect(Squares(4))
+4-element Array{Int64,1}:
+  1
+  4
+  9
+ 16
 ```
 
 While we can rely upon generic implementations, we can also extend specific methods where we know
@@ -150,9 +153,12 @@ julia> Base.next(::Iterators.Reverse{Squares}, state) = (state*state, state-1)
 
 julia> Base.done(::Iterators.Reverse{Squares}, state) = state < 1
 
-julia> collect(Iterators.reverse(Squares(10)))' # transposed to save space
-1×10 RowVector{Int64,Array{Int64,1}}:
- 100  81  64  49  36  25  16  9  4  1
+julia> collect(Iterators.reverse(Squares(4)))
+4-element Array{Int64,1}:
+ 16
+  9
+  4
+  1
 ```
 
 ## Indexing
@@ -275,28 +281,31 @@ methods are all it takes for `SquaresVector` to be an iterable, indexable, and c
 array:
 
 ```jldoctest squarevectype
-julia> s = SquaresVector(7)
-7-element SquaresVector:
+julia> s = SquaresVector(4)
+4-element SquaresVector:
   1
   4
   9
  16
- 25
- 36
- 49
 
-julia> s[s .> 20]
-3-element Array{Int64,1}:
- 25
- 36
- 49
+julia> s[s .> 8]
+2-element Array{Int64,1}:
+  9
+ 16
 
-julia> s \ [1 2; 3 4; 5 6; 7 8; 9 10; 11 12; 13 14]
-1×2 RowVector{Float64,Array{Float64,1}}:
- 0.305389  0.335329
+julia> s + s
+4-element Array{Int64,1}:
+  2
+  8
+ 18
+ 32
 
-julia> s ⋅ s # dot(s, s)
-4676
+julia> sin.(s)
+4-element Array{Float64,1}:
+  0.8414709848078965
+ -0.7568024953079282
+  0.4121184852417566
+ -0.2879033166650653
 ```
 
 As a more complicated example, let's define our own toy N-dimensional sparse-like array type built
@@ -382,8 +391,8 @@ julia> A[SquaresVector(3)]
  4.0
  9.0
 
-julia> dot(A[:,1],A[:,2])
-32.0
+julia> mean(A)
+5.0
 ```
 
 If you are defining an array type that allows non-traditional indexing (indices that start at