docs: fix a few typos identified by codespell

nedbat · nedbat · commit dfaa2dbfcd38 · 2024-05-24T14:21:23.000-04:00
diff --git 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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -781,15 +781,15 @@ 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.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 .. 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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
     <https://discuss.python.org/t/33555>`_ for *why* we're now surfacing this
diff --git 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
@@ -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
@@ -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
