cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros

* NEWS: Fix typos.
* tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
* tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Fix botched wording in comments.
* tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Fix typo and incomplete
comment.

Suggestions by Peter Rosin.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82ea76d73625e17e3d490d1ef8aa91adb5360d42..d7eb52565dacca50d91e64cf41dfcf6cfc3d03cc 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2011-09-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+       cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros
+       * NEWS: Fix typos.
+       * tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
+       * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Fix botched wording in comments.
+       * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Fix typo and incomplete
+       comment.
+       Suggestions by Peter Rosin.
+
 2011-09-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 
        tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c68f1497a1c07461a2dcc78f336e36270c58d7f3..f26b3322df75a115265256569e06afd73031f3de 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ New in 1.11.0a:
 
   - The py-compile script now accepts empty arguments passed to the options
     `--destdir' and `--basedir', and complains about unrecognized options.
-    Moreover, a non-option argument or a special `--' arguments terminates
+    Moreover, a non-option argument or a special `--' argument terminates
     the list of options.
 
   - A developer that needs to pass specific flags to configure at "make

diff --git a/tests/py-compile-basedir.test b/tests/py-compile-basedir.test
index d84c79009c5e4e453e933ea826fb2e844a704ae8..a277639cbc1854577ad411c2d863b34c94d4a992 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/py-compile-basedir.test
+++ b/tests/py-compile-basedir.test
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ required=python
 
 set -e
 
-# We'll need to create files in `..', so that we need another level of
-# subdirectory in order not to clutter up the top-level tests directory.
+# We'll need to create files in `..', so we need one more subdirectory
+# level in order not to clutter up the top-level tests directory.
 mkdir sandbox
 cd sandbox
 

diff --git a/tests/py-compile-basic.test b/tests/py-compile-basic.test
index 5d8968cc8479111e49eed5d99d15533a8d0ea2c4..a7a3f899cc58fc4e83d1c43880cc53abd76cfc55 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/py-compile-basic.test
+++ b/tests/py-compile-basic.test
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ set -e
 cp "$testsrcdir/../lib/py-compile" .
 
 cat > foo.py <<'END'
-# Try out some non-trivial sytanx in here.
+# Try out some non-trivial syntax in here.
 
 '''Module docstring'''
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ bar = baz = (1, (2,), [3, 4]); zardoz = 0;
 END
 
 cat > bar.py <<'END'
-# Import of non-existent modules, or assertion of flase conditions,
+# Import of non-existent modules, or assertion of false conditions,
 # shouldn't cause problems, as it should be enough for the code to
 # be syntactically correct.
 import Automake.No.Such.Module

diff --git a/tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test b/tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test
index 6fdd1fb84734a0228b54a4746821273d88f50cf7..69f9bb5f181d136621008fa143eb32b6e934136a 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test
+++ b/tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# Check that a `--' argument explicitly terminates option list for
-# `py-compile'.
+# Check that a non-option argument and the `--' special argument
+# explicitly terminate the option list for `py-compile'.
 
 required=python
 . ./defs || Exit 1