[ 1243081 ] repair typos
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 63a73b1..d6b5ffe 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@
There are several built-in functions that are no longer essential to learn,
know or use in modern Python programming. They have been kept here to
-maintain backwards compatability with programs written for older versions
+maintain backwards compatibility with programs written for older versions
of Python.
Python programmers, trainers, students and bookwriters should feel free to
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
index e90e527..40ea031 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
Also note, the module also includes a \method{union_update()} method
which is an alias for \method{update()}. The method is included for
-backwards compatability. Programmers should prefer the
-\method{update()} method because it the one supported by the builtin
+backwards compatibility. Programmers should prefer the
+\method{update()} method because it is the one supported by the builtin
\class{set()} and \class{frozenset()} types.
\subsection{Example \label{set-example}}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
\item The built-in versions have more space efficient pickles.
\item The built-in versions do not have a \method{union_update()} method.
Instead, use the \method{update()} method which is equivalent.
-\item The built-in versions do not have a \method{_repr(sort=True)} method.
+\item The built-in versions do not have a \method{_repr(sorted=True)} method.
Instead, use the built-in \function{repr()} and \function{sorted()}
functions: \code{repr(sorted(s))}.
\item The built-in version does not have a protocol for automatic conversion
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
index 2e49e21..33db0e8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
\function{os.lseek()} function.
\item The \class{TarFile} class in the \module{tarfile} module now has
-a \method{extractall()} method that extracts all members from the
+an \method{extractall()} method that extracts all members from the
archive into the current working directory. It's also possible to set
a different directory as the extraction target, and to unpack only a
subset of the archive's members. (Contributed by Lars Gust\"abel.)
diff --git a/Include/objimpl.h b/Include/objimpl.h
index 5707e50..40b730c 100644
--- a/Include/objimpl.h
+++ b/Include/objimpl.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
#else /* ! WITH_PYMALLOC */
#define PyObject_MALLOC PyMem_MALLOC
#define PyObject_REALLOC PyMem_REALLOC
-/* This is an odd one! For backward compatability with old extensions, the
+/* This is an odd one! For backward compatibility with old extensions, the
PyMem "release memory" functions have to invoke the object allocator's
free() function. When pymalloc isn't enabled, that leaves us using
the platform free(). */
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog b/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
index a409c60..985871b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
2001-07-12 16:54 elguavas
- * ReplaceDialog.py: py-cvs merge, python 1.5.2 compatability
+ * ReplaceDialog.py: py-cvs merge, python 1.5.2 compatibility
2001-07-12 16:46 elguavas
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py b/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
index c60b39c..65b59ad 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
return isinstance(x, ObjectSpecifier)
-# Backwards compatability, sigh...
+# Backwards compatibility, sigh...
class Property(ObjectSpecifier):
def __init__(self, which, fr = None, want='prop'):
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py b/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
index 06bc92f..f7ce468 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
try:
openrf = MacOS.openrf
except AttributeError:
- # Backward compatability
+ # Backward compatibility
openrf = open
Error = 'macostools.Error'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fc7500b..f726589 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@
- The decimal package's Context.copy() method now returns deep copies.
- Deprecated sys.exitfunc in favor of the atexit module. The sys.exitfunc
- attribute will be kept around for backwards compatability and atexit
+ attribute will be kept around for backwards compatibility and atexit
will just become the one preferred way to do it.
- patch #675551: Add get_history_item and replace_history_item functions
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
index 5ff9494..860a979 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
continue;
}
else if (c >= 0xf8f0 && c <= 0xf8f3) {
- /* Windows compatability */
+ /* Windows compatibility */
REQUIRE_OUTBUF(1)
if (c == 0xf8f0)
OUT1(0xa0)