[Python-checkins] [docs] lexical_analysis: Expand the text on ``_`` (GH-28903) (GH-28933)

[ambv]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5abb2dec2cf147ce71cd15bcfda1bd095818f222
commit: 5abb2dec2cf147ce71cd15bcfda1bd095818f222
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ambv <lukasz at langa.pl>
date: 2021-10-13T18:58:06+02:00
summary:

[docs] lexical_analysis: Expand the text on ``_`` (GH-28903) (GH-28933)

Also:
* Expand the discussion into its own entry. (Even before this,
  text on ``_`` was longet than the text on ``_*``.)

* Briefly note the other common convention for `_`: naming unused
  variables.

Co-authored-by: Brandt Bucher <brandtbucher at gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner at users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Łukasz Langa <lukasz at langa.pl>
(cherry picked from commit 3dee0cb6217db326e844955a7f8b424c67990557)

Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin <encukou at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index 4ad8f8be1e7dd..daa746eea00c3 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -385,10 +385,20 @@ classes are identified by the patterns of leading and trailing underscore
 characters:
 
 ``_*``
-   Not imported by ``from module import *``.  The special identifier ``_`` is used
-   in the interactive interpreter to store the result of the last evaluation; it is
-   stored in the :mod:`builtins` module.  When not in interactive mode, ``_``
-   has no special meaning and is not defined. See section :ref:`import`.
+   Not imported by ``from module import *``.
+
+``_``
+   In a ``case`` pattern within a :keyword:`match` statement, ``_`` is a
+   :ref:`soft keyword <soft-keywords>` that denotes a
+   :ref:`wildcard <wildcard-patterns>`.
+
+   Separately, the interactive interpreter makes the result of the last evaluation
+   available in the variable ``_``.
+   (It is stored in the :mod:`builtins` module, alongside built-in
+   functions like ``print``.)
+
+   Elsewhere, ``_`` is a regular identifier. It is often used to name
+   "special" items, but it is not special to Python itself.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -396,6 +406,8 @@ characters:
       refer to the documentation for the :mod:`gettext` module for more
       information on this convention.
 
+      It is also commonly used for unused variables.
+
 ``__*__``
    System-defined names, informally known as "dunder" names. These names are
    defined by the interpreter and its implementation (including the standard library).