Issue #26778: Fixed "a/an/and" typos in code comment and documentation.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/object.rst b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
index 50b83e9..1f0bd17 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/object.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
.. index:: builtin: bytes
- Compute a bytes representation of object *o*. In 2.x, this is just a alias
+ Compute a bytes representation of object *o*. In 2.x, this is just an alias
for :c:func:`PyObject_Str`.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/set.rst b/Doc/c-api/set.rst
index 258530b..f6ebcf3 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/set.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/set.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
Add *key* to a :class:`set` instance. Does not apply to :class:`frozenset`
instances. Return 0 on success or -1 on failure. Raise a :exc:`TypeError` if
the *key* is unhashable. Raise a :exc:`MemoryError` if there is no room to grow.
- Raise a :exc:`SystemError` if *set* is an not an instance of :class:`set` or its
+ Raise a :exc:`SystemError` if *set* is not an instance of :class:`set` or its
subtype.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
error is encountered. Does not raise :exc:`KeyError` for missing keys. Raise a
:exc:`TypeError` if the *key* is unhashable. Unlike the Python :meth:`~set.discard`
method, this function does not automatically convert unhashable sets into
- temporary frozensets. Raise :exc:`PyExc_SystemError` if *set* is an not an
+ temporary frozensets. Raise :exc:`PyExc_SystemError` if *set* is not an
instance of :class:`set` or its subtype.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
Return a new reference to an arbitrary object in the *set*, and removes the
object from the *set*. Return *NULL* on failure. Raise :exc:`KeyError` if the
- set is empty. Raise a :exc:`SystemError` if *set* is an not an instance of
+ set is empty. Raise a :exc:`SystemError` if *set* is not an instance of
:class:`set` or its subtype.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index 3262354..85800c5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
| :attr:`%%` | *n/a* | The literal % character. |
+-------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------+
| :attr:`%c` | int | A single character, |
- | | | represented as an C int. |
+ | | | represented as a C int. |
+-------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------+
| :attr:`%d` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
| | | ``printf("%d")``. |
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 96a486b..d33eab6 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@
.. module:: distutils.bcppcompiler
-This module provides :class:`BorlandCCompiler`, an subclass of the abstract
+This module provides :class:`BorlandCCompiler`, a subclass of the abstract
:class:`CCompiler` class for the Borland C++ compiler.
diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
index 42e84d3..3cac993 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
.. note::
- There is an French translation of an earlier revision of this
+ There is a French translation of an earlier revision of this
HOWTO, available at `urllib2 - Le Manuel manquant
<http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2_francais.shtml>`_.
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index e58d954..cbf0e35 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
TenPointsArrayType = POINT * 10
-Here is an example of an somewhat artificial data type, a structure containing 4
+Here is an example of a somewhat artificial data type, a structure containing 4
POINTs among other stuff::
>>> from ctypes import *
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@
tuple, this method allows adapting the actual argument to an object that
the foreign function accepts. For example, a :class:`c_char_p` item in
the :attr:`argtypes` tuple will convert a unicode string passed as
- argument into an byte string using ctypes conversion rules.
+ argument into a byte string using ctypes conversion rules.
New: It is now possible to put items in argtypes which are not ctypes
types, but each item must have a :meth:`from_param` method which returns a
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@
.. function:: POINTER(type)
This factory function creates and returns a new ctypes pointer type. Pointer
- types are cached an reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is
+ types are cached and reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is
cheap. *type* must be a ctypes type.
diff --git a/Doc/library/fl.rst b/Doc/library/fl.rst
index c689372..b755134 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fl.rst
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
.. method:: form.add_input(type, x, y, w, h, name)
- Add a input object to the form. --- Methods: :meth:`set_input`,
+ Add an input object to the form. --- Methods: :meth:`set_input`,
:meth:`get_input`, :meth:`set_input_color`, :meth:`set_input_return`.
diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst
index 4384d56..df08fe8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
Search for the currently selected string, if there is one.
Find in Files...
- Open a file search dialog. Put results in an new output window.
+ Open a file search dialog. Put results in a new output window.
Replace...
Open a search-and-replace dialog.
diff --git a/Doc/library/marshal.rst b/Doc/library/marshal.rst
index f4dfc1f..0698834 100644
--- a/Doc/library/marshal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/marshal.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
.. function:: dump(value, file[, version])
Write the value on the open file. The value must be a supported type. The
- file must be a open file object such as ``sys.stdout`` or returned by
+ file must be an open file object such as ``sys.stdout`` or returned by
:func:`open` or :func:`os.popen`. It may not be a wrapper such as
TemporaryFile on Windows. It must be opened in binary mode (``'wb'``
or ``'w+b'``).
diff --git a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
index 0c8e7fc..f0b6bc3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNDEFINED_ENTITY
:noindex:
- A reference was made to a entity which was not defined.
+ A reference was made to an entity which was not defined.
.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING
diff --git a/Doc/library/restricted.rst b/Doc/library/restricted.rst
index a40d1e9..80f6344 100644
--- a/Doc/library/restricted.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/restricted.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
*mode* parameter is ``'w'``. It might also perform a :c:func:`chroot`\ -like
operation on the *filename* parameter, such that root is always relative to some
safe "sandbox" area of the filesystem. In this case, the untrusted code would
-still see an built-in :func:`open` function in its environment, with the same
+still see a built-in :func:`open` function in its environment, with the same
calling interface. The semantics would be identical too, with :exc:`IOError`\ s
being raised when the supervisor determined that an unallowable parameter is
being used.
diff --git a/Doc/library/sgmllib.rst b/Doc/library/sgmllib.rst
index 84911fe..bffd535 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sgmllib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sgmllib.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
.. method:: SGMLParser.handle_entityref(ref)
This method is called to process a general entity reference of the form
- ``&ref;`` where *ref* is an general entity reference. It converts *ref* by
+ ``&ref;`` where *ref* is a general entity reference. It converts *ref* by
passing it to :meth:`convert_entityref`. If a translation is returned, it calls
the method :meth:`handle_data` with the translation; otherwise, it calls the
method ``unknown_entityref(ref)``. The default :attr:`entitydefs` defines
diff --git a/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst b/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
index 187204e..f09a4d6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
.. method:: audio device.setinfo(status)
This method sets the audio device status parameters. The *status* parameter is
- an device status object as returned by :func:`getinfo` and possibly modified by
+ a device status object as returned by :func:`getinfo` and possibly modified by
the program.
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index e3d006e..ba4b3e0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
| ``'w|'`` | Open an uncompressed *stream* for writing. |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
- | ``'w|gz'`` | Open an gzip compressed *stream* for |
+ | ``'w|gz'`` | Open a gzip compressed *stream* for |
| | writing. |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
- | ``'w|bz2'`` | Open an bzip2 compressed *stream* for |
+ | ``'w|bz2'`` | Open a bzip2 compressed *stream* for |
| | writing. |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/Doc/library/tix.rst b/Doc/library/tix.rst
index a2f31a0..8626cd8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tix.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tix.rst
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
The `ExFileSelectBox
<http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixExFileSelectBox.htm>`_
- widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It provides an
+ widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It provides a
convenient method for the user to select files. The style of the
:class:`ExFileSelectBox` widget is very similar to the standard file dialog on
MS Windows 3.1.
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
index 927696a..91deb39 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
.. function:: url2pathname(path)
- Convert the path component *path* from an percent-encoded URL to the local syntax for a
+ Convert the path component *path* from a percent-encoded URL to the local syntax for a
path. This does not accept a complete URL. This function uses :func:`unquote`
to decode *path*.
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
index 48faa9c..0e5891a 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
Though tuples may seem similar to lists, they are often used in different
situations and for different purposes.
-Tuples are :term:`immutable`, and usually contain an heterogeneous sequence of
+Tuples are :term:`immutable`, and usually contain a heterogeneous sequence of
elements that are accessed via unpacking (see later in this section) or indexing
(or even by attribute in the case of :func:`namedtuples <collections.namedtuple>`).
Lists are :term:`mutable`, and their elements are usually homogeneous and are
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index 40c0201..a4fb70c 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
indices, if both are within bounds. For example, the length of ``word[1:3]`` is
2.
-Attempting to use a index that is too large will result in an error::
+Attempting to use an index that is too large will result in an error::
>>> word[42] # the word only has 6 characters
Traceback (most recent call last):
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 421846d..212ed04 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
(The controversy is over whether this is *really* a design flaw, and whether
it's worth breaking existing code to fix this. It's caused endless discussions
-on python-dev, and in July 2001 erupted into an storm of acidly sarcastic
+on python-dev, and in July 2001 erupted into a storm of acidly sarcastic
postings on :newsgroup:`comp.lang.python`. I won't argue for either side here
and will stick to describing what's implemented in 2.2. Read :pep:`238` for a
summary of arguments and counter-arguments.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
index 5db3e24..f9c4547 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
A new built-in function, :func:`enumerate`, will make certain loops a bit
clearer. ``enumerate(thing)``, where *thing* is either an iterator or a
-sequence, returns a iterator that will return ``(0, thing[0])``, ``(1,
+sequence, returns an iterator that will return ``(0, thing[0])``, ``(1,
thing[1])``, ``(2, thing[2])``, and so forth.
A common idiom to change every element of a list looks like this::