diff --git a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst index 038f54a9751..ae069938390 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ as much as it can. callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage collected; it should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak reference object itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or ``NULL``. If *ob* is not a - weakly referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or + weakly referenceable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ as much as it can. be a callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage collected; it should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak reference object itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or ``NULL``. If *ob* - is not a weakly referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, + is not a weakly referenceable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`. diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst index b70e1b1fe57..b0493bed75b 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ It is important to call :c:func:`free` at the right time. If a block's address is forgotten but :c:func:`free` is not called for it, the memory it occupies cannot be reused until the program terminates. This is called a :dfn:`memory leak`. On the other hand, if a program calls :c:func:`free` for a block and then -continues to use the block, it creates a conflict with re-use of the block +continues to use the block, it creates a conflict with reuse of the block through another :c:func:`malloc` call. This is called :dfn:`using freed memory`. It has the same bad consequences as referencing uninitialized data --- core dumps, wrong results, mysterious crashes. diff --git a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst index 473a418809c..fd05c82b416 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ performance-critical objects (such as numbers). .. seealso:: Documentation for the :mod:`weakref` module. -For an object to be weakly referencable, the extension type must set the +For an object to be weakly referenceable, the extension type must set the ``Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF`` bit of the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_flags` field. The legacy :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_weaklistoffset` field should be left as zero. diff --git a/Doc/howto/mro.rst b/Doc/howto/mro.rst index a44ef6848af..f44b4f98e57 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/mro.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/mro.rst @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ In this case the MRO is GFEF and the local precedence ordering is preserved. As a general rule, hierarchies such as the previous one should be -avoided, since it is unclear if F should override E or viceversa. +avoided, since it is unclear if F should override E or vice-versa. Python 2.3 solves the ambiguity by raising an exception in the creation of class G, effectively stopping the programmer from generating ambiguous hierarchies. The reason for that is that the C3 algorithm diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst index 883150e9137..91ea6150fb1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/curses.rst +++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ the following methods and attributes: .. method:: window.getbegyx() - Return a tuple ``(y, x)`` of co-ordinates of upper-left corner. + Return a tuple ``(y, x)`` of coordinates of upper-left corner. .. method:: window.getbkgd() diff --git a/Doc/library/numbers.rst b/Doc/library/numbers.rst index 5f59746fa59..d0ae79c7a3d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/numbers.rst +++ b/Doc/library/numbers.rst @@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ The numeric tower ``~``. -Notes for type implementors +Notes for type implementers --------------------------- -Implementors should be careful to make equal numbers equal and hash +Implementers should be careful to make equal numbers equal and hash them to the same values. This may be subtle if there are two different extensions of the real numbers. For example, :class:`fractions.Fraction` implements :func:`hash` as follows:: diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index 8c7d77d369b..3e96259f94d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ seen, but blow up if it comes after ``-b`` in the command-line. :: Callback example 3: check option order (generalized) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -If you want to re-use this callback for several similar options (set a flag, but +If you want to reuse this callback for several similar options (set a flag, but blow up if ``-b`` has already been seen), it needs a bit of work: the error message and the flag that it sets must be generalized. :: diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst index 9c757ce1b8e..99abf454690 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ Constants .. data:: OP_SINGLE_DH_USE - Prevents re-use of the same DH key for distinct SSL sessions. This + Prevents reuse of the same DH key for distinct SSL sessions. This improves forward secrecy but requires more computational resources. This option only applies to server sockets. @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ Constants .. data:: OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE - Prevents re-use of the same ECDH key for distinct SSL sessions. This + Prevents reuse of the same ECDH key for distinct SSL sessions. This improves forward secrecy but requires more computational resources. This option only applies to server sockets. diff --git a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst index deaefeee7b8..a58b460fef4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst +++ b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ hyphenated words; only then will long words be broken if necessary, unless wrapper = TextWrapper() wrapper.initial_indent = "* " - You can re-use the same :class:`TextWrapper` object many times, and you can + You can reuse the same :class:`TextWrapper` object many times, and you can change any of its options through direct assignment to instance attributes between uses. diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst index 2941201332a..afda3685d60 100644 --- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ off-screen):: home() The home position is at the center of the turtle's screen. If you ever need to -know them, get the turtle's x-y co-ordinates with:: +know them, get the turtle's x-y coordinates with:: pos() diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/venv.rst b/Doc/tutorial/venv.rst index 6cca3f1b25a..91e4ce18ace 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/venv.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/venv.rst @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Creating Virtual Environments The module used to create and manage virtual environments is called :mod:`venv`. :mod:`venv` will install the Python version from which the command was run (as reported by the :option:`--version` option). -For instance, excuting the command with ``python3.12`` will install +For instance, executing the command with ``python3.12`` will install version 3.12. To create a virtual environment, decide upon a directory where you want to diff --git a/Doc/using/ios.rst b/Doc/using/ios.rst index da8f42048c0..71fc29c450c 100644 --- a/Doc/using/ios.rst +++ b/Doc/using/ios.rst @@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ modules in your app, some additional steps will be required: * You need to ensure that any folders containing third-party binaries are either associated with the app target, or copied in as part of step 8. Step 8 should also purge any binaries that are not appropriate for the platform a - specific build is targetting (i.e., delete any device binaries if you're - building app app targeting the simulator). + specific build is targeting (i.e., delete any device binaries if you're + building an app targeting the simulator). * Any folders that contain third-party binaries must be processed into framework form by step 9. The invocation of ``install_dylib`` that processes diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst index e6c13f957b8..d4dbe0570fb 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ code, none of the changes described here will affect you very much. simply been changed to use the new C-level interface. (Contributed by Fred L. Drake, Jr.) -* Another low-level API, primarily of interest to implementors of Python +* Another low-level API, primarily of interest to implementers of Python debuggers and development tools, was added. :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_Head` and :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_Next` let a caller walk through all the existing interpreter objects; :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_ThreadHead` and diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index 031777b9cf6..c45f0887b41 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ New module: importlib Python 3.1 includes the :mod:`importlib` package, a re-implementation of the logic underlying Python's :keyword:`import` statement. -:mod:`importlib` is useful for implementors of Python interpreters and +:mod:`importlib` is useful for implementers of Python interpreters and to users who wish to write new importers that can participate in the import process. Python 2.7 doesn't contain the complete :mod:`importlib` package, but instead has a tiny subset that contains diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index b64e4e205fe..f99489fb53d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ Deprecated :exc:`DeprecationWarning` when it can detect being called from a multithreaded process. There has always been a fundamental incompatibility with the POSIX platform when doing so. Even if such code *appeared* to work. - We added the warning to to raise awareness as issues encounted by code doing + We added the warning to raise awareness as issues encountered by code doing this are becoming more frequent. See the :func:`os.fork` documentation for more details along with `this discussion on fork being incompatible with threads `_ for *why* we're now surfacing this diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 3dd400c3771..8aef0f5ac26 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ Changes in the Python API formal public interface the naming has been made consistent (:issue:`18532`). * Because :mod:`unittest.TestSuite` now drops references to tests after they - are run, test harnesses that re-use a :class:`~unittest.TestSuite` to re-run + are run, test harnesses that reuse a :class:`~unittest.TestSuite` to re-run a set of tests may fail. Test suites should not be re-used in this fashion since it means state is retained between test runs, breaking the test isolation that :mod:`unittest` is designed to provide. However, if the lack diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index d62beb0bdc8..68ab43462b7 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -2336,10 +2336,10 @@ Changes in the Python API * With the introduction of :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError`, import system consumers may start expecting import system replacements to raise that more specific exception when appropriate, rather than the less-specific :exc:`ImportError`. - To provide future compatibility with such consumers, implementors of + To provide future compatibility with such consumers, implementers of alternative import systems that completely replace :func:`__import__` will need to update their implementations to raise the new subclass when a module - can't be found at all. Implementors of compliant plugins to the default + can't be found at all. Implementers of compliant plugins to the default import system shouldn't need to make any changes, as the default import system will raise the new subclass when appropriate. diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index e29d37ca120..90bdcf95416 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ Deprecated * Deprecated the ``split()`` method of :class:`!_tkinter.TkappType` in favour of the ``splitlist()`` method which has more consistent and - predicable behavior. + predictable behavior. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`38371`.) * The explicit passing of coroutine objects to :func:`asyncio.wait` has been