[ 1243081 ] repair typos

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index b62d1d1554e6c202e519d56266d95bf13a1ce475..f7e5373501305dd0262c6bf17bedd740f243c011 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ It's a function
 
 There are several built-in functions that are no longer essential to learn,
 know or use in modern Python programming.  They have been kept here to
-maintain backwards compatability with programs written for older versions
+maintain backwards compatibility with programs written for older versions
 of Python.
 
 Python programmers, trainers, students and bookwriters should feel free to

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
index e90e527d1ffa553be952784bf4b7e342820f11cb..4bbd23976841f56c00b37d9c9dd2f984e684b1f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ an argument.
 
 Also note, the module also includes a \method{union_update()} method
 which is an alias for \method{update()}.  The method is included for
-backwards compatability.  Programmers should prefer the
+backwards compatibility.  Programmers should prefer the
 \method{update()} method because it the one supported by the builtin
 \class{set()} and \class{frozenset()} types.
 

diff --git a/Include/objimpl.h b/Include/objimpl.h
index 5707e500eef13c96ae9dd1f0ee047c814fa046d3..40b730c41406aa392757b1115dc75c33a7fe7df2 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/objimpl.h
+++ b/Include/objimpl.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_DebugMallocStats(void);
 #else  /* ! WITH_PYMALLOC */
 #define PyObject_MALLOC                PyMem_MALLOC
 #define PyObject_REALLOC       PyMem_REALLOC
-/* This is an odd one!  For backward compatability with old extensions, the
+/* This is an odd one!  For backward compatibility with old extensions, the
    PyMem "release memory" functions have to invoke the object allocator's
    free() function.  When pymalloc isn't enabled, that leaves us using
    the platform free(). */

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog b/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
index a409c60893bbc96143b8a426bd80f2f34f6b7fd3..985871bee7c292c6dc773da0faf9730b7bc69554 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/ChangeLog
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ IDLEfork ChangeLog
 
 2001-07-12 16:54  elguavas
 
-       * ReplaceDialog.py: py-cvs merge, python 1.5.2 compatability
+       * ReplaceDialog.py: py-cvs merge, python 1.5.2 compatibility
 
 2001-07-12 16:46  elguavas
 

diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py b/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
index c60b39c7cb287d47e9c5c5573a463092c3b27c2f..65b59ad0ca1917c8e69499ff14470429bc83f393 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/aetypes.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ def IsObjectSpecifier(x):
     return isinstance(x, ObjectSpecifier)
 
 
-# Backwards compatability, sigh...
+# Backwards compatibility, sigh...
 class Property(ObjectSpecifier):
 
     def __init__(self, which, fr = None, want='prop'):

diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py b/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
index 06bc92fe5dfc72d10ee7e70e853050f7e95a70c4..f7ce468263f2e428ef03446393ffbaec72d264ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import time
 try:
     openrf = MacOS.openrf
 except AttributeError:
-    # Backward compatability
+    # Backward compatibility
     openrf = open
 
 Error = 'macostools.Error'

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 002b49eea6a397fa9df3a0c82c149e45bc01b4ed..8fd301597c5cade64994ff2ca99969b0141aaf70 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ Library
 - The decimal package's Context.copy() method now returns deep copies.
 
 - Deprecated sys.exitfunc in favor of the atexit module.  The sys.exitfunc
-  attribute will be kept around for backwards compatability and atexit
+  attribute will be kept around for backwards compatibility and atexit
   will just become the one preferred way to do it.
 
 - patch #675551: Add get_history_item and replace_history_item functions

diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
index 5ff94940ca30f0a04abab7d745f260669d591935..860a979f87d830fb798aa064d7503086dcd92a18 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_jp.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ENCODER(cp932)
                        continue;
                }
                else if (c >= 0xf8f0 && c <= 0xf8f3) {
-                       /* Windows compatability */
+                       /* Windows compatibility */
                        REQUIRE_OUTBUF(1)
                        if (c == 0xf8f0)
                                OUT1(0xa0)