Some docs for std::num

This commit does two things:

* Re-works the module-level documentation.
* Cleaning up wording and adding links to where error types are used.

Part of #29364

src/libcore/num/dec2flt/mod.rs

@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ from_str_float_impl!(f32);
 from_str_float_impl!(f64);
 
 /// An error which can be returned when parsing a float.
+///
+/// This error is used as the error type for the [`FromStr`] implementation
+/// for [`f32`] and [`f64`].
+///
+/// [`FromStr`]: ../str/trait.FromStr.html
+/// [`f32`]: ../primitive.f32.html
+/// [`f64`]: ../primitive.f64.html
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct ParseFloatError {

src/libcore/num/mod.rs

@@ -2160,7 +2160,13 @@ impl usize {
         intrinsics::mul_with_overflow }
 }
 
-/// Used for representing the classification of floating point numbers
+/// A classification of floating point numbers.
+///
+/// This `enum` is used as the return type for [`f32::classify()`] and [`f64::classify()`]. See
+/// their documentation for more.
+///
+/// [`f32::classify()`]: ../primitive.f32.html#method.classify
+/// [`f64::classify()`]: ../primitive.f64.html#method.classify
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub enum FpCategory {
@@ -2387,6 +2393,11 @@ fn from_str_radix<T: FromStrRadixHelper>(src: &str, radix: u32)
 }
 
 /// An error which can be returned when parsing an integer.
+///
+/// This error is used as the error type for the `from_str_radix()` functions
+/// on the primitive integer types, such as [`i8::from_str_radix()`].
+///
+/// [`i8::from_str_radix()`]: ../std/primitive.i8.html#method.from_str_radix
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct ParseIntError { kind: IntErrorKind }