Issue #26304: Change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing" or similar
The original form is incorrect grammar and feels awkward, even though the
meaning is clear.
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index 01f4228..659b37c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
a class. For example, if you want to use a pre-created
protocol instance, you can pass ``lambda: my_protocol``.
- Options allowing to change how the connection is created:
+ Options that change how the connection is created:
* *ssl*: if given and not false, a SSL/TLS transport is created
(by default a plain TCP transport is created). If *ssl* is
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
Error Handling API
------------------
-Allows to customize how exceptions are handled in the event loop.
+Allows customizing how exceptions are handled in the event loop.
.. method:: BaseEventLoop.set_exception_handler(handler)
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index febb734..fc73c20 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
.. note::
- In the functions below, the optional *loop* argument allows to explicitly set
+ In the functions below, the optional *loop* argument allows explicitly setting
the event loop object used by the underlying task or coroutine. If it's
not provided, the default event loop is used.
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 9abd469..3b0c956 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
Callback functions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-:mod:`ctypes` allows to create C callable function pointers from Python callables.
+:mod:`ctypes` allows creating C callable function pointers from Python callables.
These are sometimes called *callback functions*.
First, you must create a class for the callback function. The class knows the
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@
ignored.
The *use_errno* parameter, when set to True, enables a ctypes mechanism that
-allows to access the system :data:`errno` error number in a safe way.
+allows accessing the system :data:`errno` error number in a safe way.
:mod:`ctypes` maintains a thread-local copy of the systems :data:`errno`
variable; if you call foreign functions created with ``use_errno=True`` then the
:data:`errno` value before the function call is swapped with the ctypes private
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@
Class which loads shared libraries. *dlltype* should be one of the
:class:`CDLL`, :class:`PyDLL`, :class:`WinDLL`, or :class:`OleDLL` types.
- :meth:`__getattr__` has special behavior: It allows to load a shared library by
+ :meth:`__getattr__` has special behavior: It allows loading a shared library by
accessing it as attribute of a library loader instance. The result is cached,
so repeated attribute accesses return the same library each time.
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@
It is possible to assign a callable Python object that is not a ctypes
type, in this case the function is assumed to return a C :c:type:`int`, and
- the callable will be called with this integer, allowing to do further
+ the callable will be called with this integer, allowing further
processing or error checking. Using this is deprecated, for more flexible
post processing or error checking use a ctypes data type as
:attr:`restype` and assign a callable to the :attr:`errcheck` attribute.
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@
When a foreign function is called, each actual argument is passed to the
:meth:`from_param` class method of the items in the :attr:`argtypes`
- tuple, this method allows to adapt the actual argument to an object that
+ 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 string passed as argument into
a bytes object using ctypes conversion rules.
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@
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
value usable as argument (integer, string, ctypes instance). This allows
- to define adapters that can adapt custom objects as function parameters.
+ defining adapters that can adapt custom objects as function parameters.
.. attribute:: errcheck
@@ -1535,12 +1535,12 @@
*result* is what the foreign function returns, as specified by the
:attr:`restype` attribute.
- *func* is the foreign function object itself, this allows to reuse the
+ *func* is the foreign function object itself, this allows reusing the
same callable object to check or post process the results of several
functions.
*arguments* is a tuple containing the parameters originally passed to
- the function call, this allows to specialize the behavior on the
+ the function call, this allows specializing the behavior on the
arguments used.
The object that this function returns will be returned from the
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@
If a bytes object is specified as first argument, the buffer is made one item
larger than its length so that the last element in the array is a NUL
termination character. An integer can be passed as second argument which allows
- to specify the size of the array if the length of the bytes should not be used.
+ specifying the size of the array if the length of the bytes should not be used.
@@ -1800,21 +1800,21 @@
If a string is specified as first argument, the buffer is made one item
larger than the length of the string so that the last element in the array is a
NUL termination character. An integer can be passed as second argument which
- allows to specify the size of the array if the length of the string should not
+ allows specifying the size of the array if the length of the string should not
be used.
.. function:: DllCanUnloadNow()
- Windows only: This function is a hook which allows to implement in-process
+ Windows only: This function is a hook which allows implementing in-process
COM servers with ctypes. It is called from the DllCanUnloadNow function that
the _ctypes extension dll exports.
.. function:: DllGetClassObject()
- Windows only: This function is a hook which allows to implement in-process
+ Windows only: This function is a hook which allows implementing in-process
COM servers with ctypes. It is called from the DllGetClassObject function
that the ``_ctypes`` extension dll exports.
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@
checked, only one field can be accessed when names are repeated.
It is possible to define the :attr:`_fields_` class variable *after* the
- class statement that defines the Structure subclass, this allows to create
+ class statement that defines the Structure subclass, this allows creating
data types that directly or indirectly reference themselves::
class List(Structure):
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@
.. attribute:: _pack_
- An optional small integer that allows to override the alignment of
+ An optional small integer that allows overriding the alignment of
structure fields in the instance. :attr:`_pack_` must already be defined
when :attr:`_fields_` is assigned, otherwise it will have no effect.
@@ -2354,8 +2354,8 @@
assigned, otherwise it will have no effect.
The fields listed in this variable must be structure or union type fields.
- :mod:`ctypes` will create descriptors in the structure type that allows to
- access the nested fields directly, without the need to create the
+ :mod:`ctypes` will create descriptors in the structure type that allows
+ accessing the nested fields directly, without the need to create the
structure or union field.
Here is an example type (Windows)::
diff --git a/Doc/library/nis.rst b/Doc/library/nis.rst
index ade2a7a..9e2b572 100644
--- a/Doc/library/nis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/nis.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
- The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+ The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
- The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+ The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
Return a list of all valid maps.
- The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+ The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 8f814df..e3efc8b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
General rules
-------------
-The :func:`signal.signal` function allows to define custom handlers to be
+The :func:`signal.signal` function allows defining custom handlers to be
executed when a signal is received. A small number of default handlers are
installed: :const:`SIGPIPE` is ignored (so write errors on pipes and sockets
can be reported as ordinary Python exceptions) and :const:`SIGINT` is
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
index 8cbd20d..2234d51 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
*timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking operations
like the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default timeout
setting will be used). If the timeout expires, :exc:`socket.timeout` is
- raised. The optional source_address parameter allows to bind
+ raised. The optional source_address parameter allows binding
to some specific source address in a machine with multiple network
interfaces, and/or to some specific source TCP port. It takes a 2-tuple
(host, port), for the socket to bind to as its source address before
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
*port* is zero, the standard SMTP-over-SSL port (465) is used. The optional
arguments *local_hostname*, *timeout* and *source_address* have the same
meaning as they do in the :class:`SMTP` class. *context*, also optional,
- can contain a :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` and allows to configure various
+ can contain a :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` and allows configuring various
aspects of the secure connection. Please read :ref:`ssl-security` for
best practices.
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index adacb0a..e418d5b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
specifies the blocksize and defaults to ``20 * 512`` bytes. Use this variant
in combination with e.g. ``sys.stdin``, a socket :term:`file object` or a tape
device. However, such a :class:`TarFile` object is limited in that it does
- not allow to be accessed randomly, see :ref:`tar-examples`. The currently
+ not allow random access, see :ref:`tar-examples`. The currently
possible modes:
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+