python#18705: merge with 3.3.

Author: ezio-melotti

Lib/_osx_support.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def _find_executable(executable, path=None):
 
 
 def _read_output(commandstring):
-    """Output from succesful command execution or None"""
+    """Output from successful command execution or None"""
     # Similar to os.popen(commandstring, "r").read(),
     # but without actually using os.popen because that
     # function is not usable during python bootstrap.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars):
     #    are not installed.
     #
     #    Futhermore, the compiler that can be used varies between
-    #    Xcode releases. Upto Xcode 4 it was possible to use 'gcc-4.2'
+    #    Xcode releases. Up to Xcode 4 it was possible to use 'gcc-4.2'
     #    as the compiler, after that 'clang' should be used because
     #    gcc-4.2 is either not present, or a copy of 'llvm-gcc' that
     #    miscompiles Python.
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars):
 
     if cc != oldcc:
         # Found a replacement compiler.
-        # Modify config vars using new compiler, if not already explictly
+        # Modify config vars using new compiler, if not already explicitly
         # overriden by an env variable, preserving additional arguments.
         for cv in _COMPILER_CONFIG_VARS:
             if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def _check_for_unavailable_sdk(_config_vars):
     # compile an extension using an SDK that is not present
     # on the current machine it is better to not use an SDK
     # than to fail.  This is particularly important with
-    # the standalong Command Line Tools alternative to a
+    # the standalone Command Line Tools alternative to a
     # full-blown Xcode install since the CLT packages do not
     # provide SDKs.  If the SDK is not present, it is assumed
     # that the header files and dev libs have been installed
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def customize_config_vars(_config_vars):
     compilers are present, i.e. when installing pure
     Python dists.  Customization of compiler paths
     and detection of unavailable archs is deferred
-    until the first extention module build is
+    until the first extension module build is
     requested (in distutils.sysconfig.customize_compiler).
 
     Currently called from distutils.sysconfig

Lib/_strptime.py

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def __seqToRE(self, to_convert, directive):
         """Convert a list to a regex string for matching a directive.
 
         Want possible matching values to be from longest to shortest.  This
-        prevents the possibility of a match occuring for a value that also
+        prevents the possibility of a match occurring for a value that also
         a substring of a larger value that should have matched (e.g., 'abc'
         matching when 'abcdef' should have been the match).
 

Lib/aifc.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 compression type, and then write audio frames using writeframesraw.
 When all frames have been written, either call writeframes('') or
 close() to patch up the sizes in the header.
-Marks can be added anytime.  If there are any marks, ypu must call
+Marks can be added anytime.  If there are any marks, you must call
 close() after all frames have been written.
 The close() method is called automatically when the class instance
 is destroyed.

Lib/calendar.py

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def monthdayscalendar(self, year, month):
     def yeardatescalendar(self, year, width=3):
         """
         Return the data for the specified year ready for formatting. The return
-        value is a list of month rows. Each month row contains upto width months.
+        value is a list of month rows. Each month row contains up to width months.
         Each month contains between 4 and 6 weeks and each week contains 1-7
         days. Days are datetime.date objects.
         """

Lib/contextlib.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def __exit__(self, *exc_info):
 
 @contextmanager
 def ignored(*exceptions):
-    """Context manager to ignore specifed exceptions
+    """Context manager to ignore specified exceptions
 
          with ignored(OSError):
              os.remove(somefile)

Lib/datetime.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _days_in_month(year, month):
     return _DAYS_IN_MONTH[month]
 
 def _days_before_month(year, month):
-    "year, month -> number of days in year preceeding first day of month."
+    "year, month -> number of days in year preceding first day of month."
     assert 1 <= month <= 12, 'month must be in 1..12'
     return _DAYS_BEFORE_MONTH[month] + (month > 2 and _is_leap(year))
 

Lib/difflib.py

@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ def get_opcodes(self):
     def get_grouped_opcodes(self, n=3):
         """ Isolate change clusters by eliminating ranges with no changes.
 
-        Return a generator of groups with upto n lines of context.
+        Return a generator of groups with up to n lines of context.
         Each group is in the same format as returned by get_opcodes().
 
         >>> from pprint import pprint
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ def _mdiff(fromlines, tolines, context=None, linejunk=None,
     linejunk -- passed on to ndiff (see ndiff documentation)
     charjunk -- passed on to ndiff (see ndiff documentation)
 
-    This function returns an interator which returns a tuple:
+    This function returns an iterator which returns a tuple:
     (from line tuple, to line tuple, boolean flag)
 
     from/to line tuple -- (line num, line text)
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ def make_table(self,fromlines,tolines,fromdesc='',todesc='',context=False,
         self._make_prefix()
 
         # change tabs to spaces before it gets more difficult after we insert
-        # markkup
+        # markup
         fromlines,tolines = self._tab_newline_replace(fromlines,tolines)
 
         # create diffs iterator which generates side by side from/to data

Lib/doctest.py

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class Example:
         zero-based, with respect to the beginning of the DocTest.
 
       - indent: The example's indentation in the DocTest string.
-        I.e., the number of space characters that preceed the
+        I.e., the number of space characters that precede the
         example's first prompt.
 
       - options: A dictionary mapping from option flags to True or
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ def find(self, obj, name=None, module=None, globs=None, extraglobs=None):
         if '__name__' not in globs:
             globs['__name__'] = '__main__'  # provide a default module name
 
-        # Recursively expore `obj`, extracting DocTests.
+        # Recursively explore `obj`, extracting DocTests.
         tests = []
         self._find(tests, obj, name, module, source_lines, globs, {})
         # Sort the tests by alpha order of names, for consistency in

Lib/enum.py

@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
 
-# Dummy value for Enum as EnumMeta explicity checks for it, but of course until
-# EnumMeta finishes running the first time the Enum class doesn't exist.  This
-# is also why there are checks in EnumMeta like `if Enum is not None`
+# Dummy value for Enum as EnumMeta explicitly checks for it, but of course
+# until EnumMeta finishes running the first time the Enum class doesn't exist.
+# This is also why there are checks in EnumMeta like `if Enum is not None`
 Enum = None
 
 

Lib/genericpath.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def exists(path):
 
 
 # This follows symbolic links, so both islink() and isdir() can be true
-# for the same path ono systems that support symlinks
+# for the same path on systems that support symlinks
 def isfile(path):
     """Test whether a path is a regular file"""
     try: