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authorFlorent Xicluna <florent.xicluna@gmail.com>2011-11-11 18:58:53 (GMT)
committerFlorent Xicluna <florent.xicluna@gmail.com>2011-11-11 18:58:53 (GMT)
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Merge 3.2, doc typos.
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-rw-r--r--Doc/glossary.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/builtins.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/imaplib.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/socketserver.rst29
6 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 4f1795d..04b3fbb 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Glossary
as :keyword:`if`, :keyword:`while` or :keyword:`for`.
struct sequence
- A tuple with named elements. Struct sequences expose an interface similiar
+ A tuple with named elements. Struct sequences expose an interface similar
to :term:`named tuple` in that elements can either be accessed either by
index or as an attribute. However, they do not have any of the named tuple
methods like :meth:`~collections.somenamedtuple._make` or
diff --git a/Doc/library/builtins.rst b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
index d4199d2..2cca1d0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/builtins.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ that wants to implement an :func:`open` function that wraps the built-in
As an implementation detail, most modules have the name ``__builtins__`` made
available as part of their globals. The value of ``__builtins__`` is normally
-either this module or the value of this modules's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate
implementations of Python.
diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index 592e4b0..038355c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The following utility functions are defined:
Convert *date_time* to an IMAP4 ``INTERNALDATE`` representation. The
return value is a string in the form: ``"DD-Mmm-YYYY HH:MM:SS
+HHMM"`` (including double-quotes). The *date_time* argument can be a
- number (int or float) represening seconds since epoch (as returned
+ number (int or float) representing seconds since epoch (as returned
by :func:`time.time`), a 9-tuple representing local time (as returned by
:func:`time.localtime`), or a double-quoted string. In the last case, it
is assumed to already be in the correct format.
diff --git a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
index 9153738..126c224 100644
--- a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ API
The first two parameters control the query results. *prefer_final*
indicates whether a final version (not alpha, beta or candidate) is to be
- prefered over a newer but non-final version (for example, whether to pick
+ preferred over a newer but non-final version (for example, whether to pick
up 1.0 over 2.0a3). It is used only for queries that don't give a version
argument. Likewise, *prefer_source* tells whether to prefer a source
distribution over a binary one, if no distribution argument was prodived.
diff --git a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
index 0253d68..5242e4c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The specific fields you can search are:
Getting metadata information
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-XML-RPC is a prefered way to retrieve metadata information from indexes.
+XML-RPC is a preferred way to retrieve metadata information from indexes.
It's really simple to do so::
>>> client = xmlrpc.Client()
diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 8623380..497e3ee 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ process one or many requests.
When inheriting from :class:`ThreadingMixIn` for threaded connection behavior,
you should explicitly declare how you want your threads to behave on an abrupt
-shutdown. The :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class defines an attribute
+shutdown. The :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class defines an attribute
*daemon_threads*, which indicates whether or not the server should wait for
-thread termination. You should set the flag explicitly if you would like threads
-to behave autonomously; the default is :const:`False`, meaning that Python will
-not exit until all threads created by :class:`ThreadingMixIn` have exited.
+thread termination. You should set the flag explicitly if you would like
+threads to behave autonomously; the default is :const:`False`, meaning that
+Python will not exit until all threads created by :class:`ThreadingMixIn` have
+exited.
Server classes have the same external methods and attributes, no matter what
network protocol they use.
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@ or inappropriate for the service) is to maintain an explicit table of partially
finished requests and to use :func:`select` to decide which request to work on
next (or whether to handle a new incoming request). This is particularly
important for stream services where each client can potentially be connected for
-a long time (if threads or subprocesses cannot be used). See :mod:`asyncore` for
-another way to manage this.
+a long time (if threads or subprocesses cannot be used). See :mod:`asyncore`
+for another way to manage this.
.. XXX should data and methods be intermingled, or separate?
how should the distinction between class and instance variables be drawn?
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@ Server Objects
.. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request. Polls for
- shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. It also calls
+ shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. It also calls
:meth:`service_actions` which may be used by a subclass or Mixin to provide
- various cleanup actions. For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses
+ various cleanup actions. For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses
:meth:`service_actions` to cleanup the zombie child processes.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ The server classes support the following class variables:
.. attribute:: BaseServer.allow_reuse_address
- Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults to
+ Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults to
:const:`False`, and can be set in subclasses to change the policy.
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ users of the server object.
.. method:: BaseServer.server_activate()
Called by the server's constructor to activate the server. The default behavior
- just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket. May be overridden.
+ just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket. May be overridden.
.. method:: BaseServer.server_bind()
@@ -293,10 +294,10 @@ users of the server object.
.. method:: BaseServer.verify_request(request, client_address)
- Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will be
- processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied. This function
- can be overridden to implement access controls for a server. The default
- implementation always returns :const:`True`.
+ Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will
+ be processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied. This
+ function can be overridden to implement access controls for a server. The
+ default implementation always returns :const:`True`.
RequestHandler Objects