Issue #27171: Fix typos in documentation, comments, and test function names

30 files changed, 51 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/Include/pymacconfig.h b/Include/pymacconfig.h
index 24e7b8d..0c28f5c 100644
--- a/Include/pymacconfig.h
+++ b/Include/pymacconfig.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       * Therefore surpress the toolbox-glue in 64-bit mode.
       */
 
-    /* In 64-bit mode setpgrp always has no argments, in 32-bit
+    /* In 64-bit mode setpgrp always has no arguments, in 32-bit
      * mode that depends on the compilation environment
      */
 #       undef SETPGRP_HAVE_ARG
diff --git a/Lib/_osx_support.py b/Lib/_osx_support.py
index 58e20cd..13fcd8b 100644
--- a/Lib/_osx_support.py
+++ b/Lib/_osx_support.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars):
     #    gcc-4.2 is either not present, or a copy of 'llvm-gcc' that
     #    miscompiles Python.
 
-    # skip checks if the compiler was overriden with a CC env variable
+    # skip checks if the compiler was overridden with a CC env variable
     if 'CC' in os.environ:
         return _config_vars
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars):
     if cc != oldcc:
         # Found a replacement compiler.
         # Modify config vars using new compiler, if not already explicitly
-        # overriden by an env variable, preserving additional arguments.
+        # overridden by an env variable, preserving additional arguments.
         for cv in _COMPILER_CONFIG_VARS:
             if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
                 cv_split = _config_vars[cv].split()
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def _remove_universal_flags(_config_vars):
     """Remove all universal build arguments from config vars"""
 
     for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
-        # Do not alter a config var explicitly overriden by env var
+        # Do not alter a config var explicitly overridden by env var
         if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
             flags = _config_vars[cv]
             flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags, re.ASCII)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _remove_unsupported_archs(_config_vars):
     # build extensions on OSX 10.7 and later with the prebuilt
     # 32-bit installer on the python.org website.
 
-    # skip checks if the compiler was overriden with a CC env variable
+    # skip checks if the compiler was overridden with a CC env variable
     if 'CC' in os.environ:
         return _config_vars
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def _remove_unsupported_archs(_config_vars):
             # across Xcode and compiler versions, there is no reliable way
             # to be sure why it failed.  Assume here it was due to lack of
             # PPC support and remove the related '-arch' flags from each
-            # config variables not explicitly overriden by an environment
+            # config variables not explicitly overridden by an environment
             # variable.  If the error was for some other reason, we hope the
             # failure will show up again when trying to compile an extension
             # module.
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def _check_for_unavailable_sdk(_config_vars):
         sdk = m.group(1)
         if not os.path.exists(sdk):
             for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
-                # Do not alter a config var explicitly overriden by env var
+                # Do not alter a config var explicitly overridden by env var
                 if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
                     flags = _config_vars[cv]
                     flags = re.sub(r'-isysroot\s+\S+(?:\s|$)', ' ', flags)
diff --git a/Lib/_pydecimal.py b/Lib/_pydecimal.py
index 6b13d44..c719424 100644
--- a/Lib/_pydecimal.py
+++ b/Lib/_pydecimal.py
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ class Decimal(object):
     def __pos__(self, context=None):
         """Returns a copy, unless it is a sNaN.
 
-        Rounds the number (if more then precision digits)
+        Rounds the number (if more than precision digits)
         """
         if self._is_special:
             ans = self._check_nans(context=context)
diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index 10b87d3..0d98b74 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ class BufferedReader(_BufferedIOMixin):
                 break
             avail += len(chunk)
             chunks.append(chunk)
-        # n is more then avail only when an EOF occurred or when
+        # n is more than avail only when an EOF occurred or when
         # read() would have blocked.
         n = min(n, avail)
         out = b"".join(chunks)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
index 366ffbe..8f62b1a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(TempdirManager,
 
     def test_compiler_option(self):
         # cmd.compiler is an option and
-        # should not be overriden by a compiler instance
+        # should not be overridden by a compiler instance
         # when the command is run
         dist = Distribution()
         cmd = self.build_ext(dist)
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py b/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
index b9ec539..ff085d5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/AutoComplete.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """AutoComplete.py - An IDLE extension for automatically completing names.
 
-This extension can complete either attribute names of file names. It can pop
+This extension can complete either attribute names or file names. It can pop
 a window with all available names, for the user to select from.
 """
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/MultiCall.py b/Lib/idlelib/MultiCall.py
index 251a84d..8462854 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/MultiCall.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/MultiCall.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class _SimpleBinder:
                     raise
 
 # An int in range(1 << len(_modifiers)) represents a combination of modifiers
-# (if the least significent bit is on, _modifiers[0] is on, and so on).
+# (if the least significant bit is on, _modifiers[0] is on, and so on).
 # _state_subsets gives for each combination of modifiers, or *state*,
 # a list of the states which are a subset of it. This list is ordered by the
 # number of modifiers is the state - the most specific state comes first.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
index aa33041..48105f2 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""RPC Implemention, originally written for the Python Idle IDE
+"""RPC Implementation, originally written for the Python Idle IDE
 
 For security reasons, GvR requested that Idle's Python execution server process
 connect to the Idle process, which listens for the connection.  Since Idle has
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index caf685e..1480e2f 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ class PurePath(object):
             return cls._flavour.join(parts)
 
     def _init(self):
-        # Overriden in concrete Path
+        # Overridden in concrete Path
         pass
 
     def _make_child(self, args):
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index b79359d..b11ac0a 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If a file ".pdbrc" exists in your home directory or in the current
 directory, it is read in and executed as if it had been typed at the
 debugger prompt.  This is particularly useful for aliases.  If both
 files exist, the one in the home directory is read first and aliases
-defined there can be overriden by the local file.
+defined there can be overridden by the local file.
 
 Aside from aliases, the debugger is not directly programmable; but it
 is implemented as a class from which you can derive your own debugger
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 1f5be45..5950735 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
             while r >= n:
                 r = getrandbits(k)
             return r
-        # There's an overriden random() method but no new getrandbits() method,
+        # There's an overridden random() method but no new getrandbits() method,
         # so we can only use random() from here.
         if n >= maxsize:
             _warn("Underlying random() generator does not supply \n"
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 3a8d1c3..3f78ef5 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ because bar.pth comes alphabetically before foo.pth; and spam is
 omitted because it is not mentioned in either path configuration file.
 
 The readline module is also automatically configured to enable
-completion for systems that support it.  This can be overriden in
+completion for systems that support it.  This can be overridden in
 sitecustomize, usercustomize or PYTHONSTARTUP.
 
 After these operations, an attempt is made to import a module
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def enablerlcompleter():
 
     If the readline module can be imported, the hook will set the Tab key
     as completion key and register ~/.python_history as history file.
-    This can be overriden in the sitecustomize or usercustomize module,
+    This can be overridden in the sitecustomize or usercustomize module,
     or in a PYTHONSTARTUP file.
     """
     def register_readline():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py b/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py
index 0e54595..40ac9bf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bigmem.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class StrTest(unittest.TestCase, BaseStrTest):
         finally:
             r = s = None
 
-    # The original test_translate is overriden here, so as to get the
+    # The original test_translate is overridden here, so as to get the
     # correct size estimate: str.translate() uses an intermediate Py_UCS4
     # representation.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py
index 9bb32f0..70ac4db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class PolicyAPITests(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(self.MyDefect, "the telly is broken"):
             self.MyPolicy(raise_on_defect=True).handle_defect(foo, defect)
 
-    def test_overriden_register_defect_works(self):
+    def test_overridden_register_defect_works(self):
         foo = self.MyObj()
         defect1 = self.MyDefect("one")
         my_policy = self.MyPolicy()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_module.py b/Lib/test/test_module.py
index 3a076b3..ea6e897 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_module.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_module.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ a = A(destroyed)"""
             b"len = len",
             b"shutil.rmtree = rmtree"})
 
-    def test_descriptor_errors_propogate(self):
+    def test_descriptor_errors_propagate(self):
         class Descr:
             def __get__(self, o, t):
                 raise RuntimeError
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep3151.py b/Lib/test/test_pep3151.py
index 8d560cd..7b0d465 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep3151.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep3151.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ExplicitSubclassingTest(unittest.TestCase):
         e = SubOSError(EEXIST, "Bad file descriptor")
         self.assertIs(type(e), SubOSError)
 
-    def test_init_overriden(self):
+    def test_init_overridden(self):
         e = SubOSErrorWithInit("some message", "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.bar, "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.args, ("some message",))
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class ExplicitSubclassingTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(e.bar, "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.args, ("some message",))
 
-    def test_new_overriden(self):
+    def test_new_overridden(self):
         e = SubOSErrorWithNew("some message", "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.baz, "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.args, ("some message",))
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ExplicitSubclassingTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(e.baz, "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.args, ("some message",))
 
-    def test_init_new_overriden(self):
+    def test_init_new_overridden(self):
         e = SubOSErrorCombinedInitFirst("some message", "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.bar, "baz")
         self.assertEqual(e.baz, "baz")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index 4b5232f..5393431 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class MersenneTwister_TestBasicOps(TestBasicOps, unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(2**k > n > 2**(k-1))   # note the stronger assertion
 
     @unittest.mock.patch('random.Random.random')
-    def test_randbelow_overriden_random(self, random_mock):
+    def test_randbelow_overridden_random(self, random_mock):
         # Random._randbelow() can only use random() when the built-in one
         # has been overridden but no new getrandbits() method was supplied.
         random_mock.side_effect = random.SystemRandom().random
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 4d0b171..c151a50 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # socket.gethostbyaddr('испытание.python.org')
 
     def check_sendall_interrupted(self, with_timeout):
-        # socketpair() is not stricly required, but it makes things easier.
+        # socketpair() is not strictly required, but it makes things easier.
         if not hasattr(signal, 'alarm') or not hasattr(socket, 'socketpair'):
             self.skipTest("signal.alarm and socket.socketpair required for this test")
         # Our signal handlers clobber the C errno by calling a math function
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py b/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
index bb71acd..a3e1d31 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ProfileHookTestCase(TestCaseBase):
                               (1, 'return', g_ident),
                               ])
 
-    def test_exception_propogation(self):
+    def test_exception_propagation(self):
         def f(p):
             1/0
         def g(p):
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index 151b30f..aa646dc 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -3141,7 +3141,7 @@ class Text(Widget, XView, YView):
         """Creates a peer text widget with the given newPathName, and any
         optional standard configuration options. By default the peer will
         have the same start and end line as the parent widget, but
-        these can be overriden with the standard configuration options."""
+        these can be overridden with the standard configuration options."""
         self.tk.call(self._w, 'peer', 'create', newPathName,
             *self._options(cnf, kw))
     def peer_names(self): # new in Tk 8.5
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/suite.py b/Lib/unittest/suite.py
index 76c4725..353d4a1 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/suite.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/suite.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class BaseTestSuite(object):
         try:
             test = self._tests[index]
         except TypeError:
-            # support for suite implementations that have overriden self._tests
+            # support for suite implementations that have overridden self._tests
             pass
         else:
             # Some unittest tests add non TestCase/TestSuite objects to
diff --git a/Misc/HISTORY b/Misc/HISTORY
index b9cb899..6782333 100644
--- a/Misc/HISTORY
+++ b/Misc/HISTORY
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ Core and Builtins
   objects.  Initial patch by Matthias Troffaes.
 
 - Fix OSError.__init__ and OSError.__new__ so that each of them can be
-  overriden and take additional arguments (followup to issue #12555).
+  overridden and take additional arguments (followup to issue #12555).
 
 - Fix the fix for issue #12149: it was incorrect, although it had the side
   effect of appearing to resolve the issue.  Thanks to Mark Shannon for
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ Core and Builtins
   given, produce an informative error message which includes the name(s) of the
   missing arguments.
 
-- Issue #12370: Fix super with no arguments when __class__ is overriden in the
+- Issue #12370: Fix super with no arguments when __class__ is overridden in the
   class body.
 
 - Issue #12084: os.stat on Windows now works properly with relative symbolic
@@ -7273,7 +7273,7 @@ Library
   messages parsed by email.Parser.HeaderParser.
 
 - Issue #7361: Importlib was not properly checking the number of bytes in
-  bytecode file when it was less then 8 bytes.
+  bytecode file when it was less than 8 bytes.
 
 - Issue #7633: In the decimal module, Context class methods (with the exception
   of canonical and is_canonical) now accept instances of int and long wherever a
@@ -7709,7 +7709,7 @@ Extension Modules
 
 - Issue #7900: The getgroups(2) system call on MacOSX behaves rather oddly
   compared to other unix systems. In particular, os.getgroups() does not reflect
-  any changes made using os.setgroups() but basicly always returns the same
+  any changes made using os.setgroups() but basically always returns the same
   information as the id command. os.getgroups() can now return more than 16
   groups on MacOSX.
 
@@ -7728,7 +7728,7 @@ Extension Modules
 - Issue #1578269: Implement os.symlink for Windows 6.0+.  Patch by Jason
   R. Coombs.
 
-- In struct.pack, correctly propogate exceptions from computing the truth of an
+- In struct.pack, correctly propagate exceptions from computing the truth of an
   object in the '?' format.
 
 - Issue #9000: datetime.timezone objects now have eval-friendly repr.
@@ -8215,7 +8215,7 @@ Build
   added LIBS to OS X framework builds.
 
 - Issue #5809: Specifying both --enable-framework and --enable-shared is
-  an error. Configure now explicity tells you about this.
+  an error. Configure now explicitly tells you about this.
 
 
 
@@ -9209,7 +9209,7 @@ Library
   been backported to help facilitate transitions from 2.7 to 3.1.
 
 - Issue #1885: distutils. When running sdist with --formats=tar,gztar
-  the tar file was overriden by the gztar one.
+  the tar file was overridden by the gztar one.
 
 - Issue #4863: distutils.mwerkscompiler has been removed.
 
@@ -10679,7 +10679,7 @@ Library
 
 - Removed the 'new' module.
 
-- Removed all types from the 'types' module that are easily accessable
+- Removed all types from the 'types' module that are easily accessible
   through builtins.
 
 
@@ -20921,7 +20921,7 @@ Fri Mar 26 22:36:00 1999  Fred Drake  <fdrake@eric.cnri.reston.va.us>
 
 	* Tools/scripts/dutree.py:
 	During display, if EPIPE is raised, it's probably because a pager was
-	killed.  Discard the error in that case, but propogate it otherwise.
+	killed.  Discard the error in that case, but propagate it otherwise.
 
 Fri Mar 26 16:20:45 1999  Guido van Rossum  <guido@eric.cnri.reston.va.us>
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b2ee631..e871a36 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7141,8 +7141,8 @@ Library
   error message has been removed.  Patch by Ram Rachum.
 
 - Issue #18080: When building a C extension module on OS X, if the compiler
-  is overriden with the CC environment variable, use the new compiler as
-  the default for linking if LDSHARED is not also overriden.  This restores
+  is overridden with the CC environment variable, use the new compiler as
+  the default for linking if LDSHARED is not also overridden.  This restores
   Distutils behavior introduced in 3.2.3 and inadvertently dropped in 3.3.0.
 
 - Issue #18113: Fixed a refcount leak in the curses.panel module's
diff --git a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
index c9ba9f7..f419cb2 100644
--- a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ format_utcoffset(char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *sep,
     minutes = divmod(seconds, 60, &seconds);
     hours = divmod(minutes, 60, &minutes);
     assert(seconds == 0);
-    /* XXX ignore sub-minute data, curently not allowed. */
+    /* XXX ignore sub-minute data, currently not allowed. */
     PyOS_snprintf(buf, buflen, "%c%02d%s%02d", sign, hours, sep, minutes);
 
     return 0;
@@ -3304,7 +3304,7 @@ timezone_str(PyDateTime_TimeZone *self)
     Py_DECREF(offset);
     minutes = divmod(seconds, 60, &seconds);
     hours = divmod(minutes, 60, &minutes);
-    /* XXX ignore sub-minute data, curently not allowed. */
+    /* XXX ignore sub-minute data, currently not allowed. */
     assert(seconds == 0);
     return PyUnicode_FromFormat("UTC%c%02d:%02d", sign, hours, minutes);
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_lzmamodule.c b/Modules/_lzmamodule.c
index f3bcd76..846dc0e 100644
--- a/Modules/_lzmamodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_lzmamodule.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ _lzma.LZMACompressor.__init__
 
     check: int(c_default="-1") = unspecified
         The integrity check to use.  For FORMAT_XZ, the default
-        is CHECK_CRC64.  FORMAT_ALONE and FORMAT_RAW do not suport integrity
+        is CHECK_CRC64.  FORMAT_ALONE and FORMAT_RAW do not support integrity
         checks; for these formats, check must be omitted, or be CHECK_NONE.
 
     preset: object = None
diff --git a/Modules/ld_so_aix.in b/Modules/ld_so_aix.in
index 961532b..add6b3e 100644
--- a/Modules/ld_so_aix.in
+++ b/Modules/ld_so_aix.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 #   ARGUMENTS:      Same as for "ld". The following arguments are processed
 #                   or supplied by this script (those marked with an asterisk
-#                   can be overriden from command line):
+#                   can be overridden from command line):
 #
 #                       Argument                     Default value
 #                   (*) -o [OutputFileName]          -o shr.o
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if test ! -n "$*"; then
 fi
 
 # Default import file for Python
-# Can be overriden by providing a -bI: argument.
+# Can be overridden by providing a -bI: argument.
 impfile="./python.exp"
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if test -z "$expfile"; then
 fi
 
 # Default entry symbol for Python modules = init[modulename]
-# Can be overriden by providing a -e argument.
+# Can be overridden by providing a -e argument.
 if test -z "$entry"; then
   entry=PyInit_`echo $filename | sed "s/module.*//"`
 fi
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 63be9b4..8c00dec 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ setup_readline(readlinestate *mod_state)
 
 #ifndef __APPLE__
     if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
-        /* Issue #19884: stdout is no a terminal. Disable meta modifier
+        /* Issue #19884: stdout is not a terminal. Disable meta modifier
            keys to not write the ANSI sequence "\033[1034h" into stdout. On
            terminals supporting 8 bit characters like TERM=xterm-256color
            (which is now the default Fedora since Fedora 18), the meta key is
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index d03aada..aaff0bc 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ oserror_use_init(PyTypeObject *type)
        solution, given __new__ takes a variable number of arguments,
        is to defer arg parsing and initialization to __init__.
 
-       But when __new__ is overriden as well, it should call our __new__
+       But when __new__ is overridden as well, it should call our __new__
        with the right arguments.
 
        (see http://bugs.python.org/issue12555#msg148829 )
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index b146da9..f11a082 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -9323,7 +9323,7 @@ tailmatch(PyObject *self,
                             PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(substring) *
                                 PyUnicode_KIND(substring));
         }
-        /* otherwise we have to compare each character by first accesing it */
+        /* otherwise we have to compare each character by first accessing it */
         else {
             /* We do not need to compare 0 and len(substring)-1 because
                the if statement above ensured already that they are equal
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d6a660..174ce72 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
                 # In every directory on the search path search for a dynamic
                 # library and then a static library, instead of first looking
                 # for dynamic libraries on the entire path.
-                # This way a staticly linked custom readline gets picked up
+                # This way a statically linked custom readline gets picked up
                 # before the (possibly broken) dynamic library in /usr/lib.
                 readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-search_paths_first',)
             else:
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         #     --with-tcltk-libs="-L/path/to/tcllibs -ltclm.n \
         #                        -L/path/to/tklibs -ltkm.n"
         #
-        # These values can also be specified or overriden via make:
+        # These values can also be specified or overridden via make:
         #    make TCLTK_INCLUDES="..." TCLTK_LIBS="..."
         #
         # This can be useful for building and testing tkinter with multiple