diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e63ac46..cca6505 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $ git stash pop
```
You SHOULD use these commands both before working on your patch and before
-submitting the pull request. If conflicts arise it is your responsability
+submitting the pull request. If conflicts arise it is your responsibility
to deal with them.
You MUST create a new branch for your work. First make sure you have
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ff669c..f1fbfba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ href="http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/lists.html">lists, making most
list operations parallel. It can operate on each element in parallel,
for IO-bound operations, on sublists in parallel, for taking advantage
of multi-core machines with CPU-bound operations, and across erlang
-nodes, for parallizing inside a cluster. It handles errors and node
+nodes, for parallelizing inside a cluster. It handles errors and node
failures. It can be configured, tuned, and tweaked to get optimal
performance while minimizing overhead.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Almost all the functions are identical to equivalent functions in
lists, returning exactly the same result, and having both a form with
an identical syntax that operates on each element in parallel and a
form which takes an optional "malt", a specification for how to
-parallize the operation.
+parallelize the operation.
fold is the one exception, parallel fold is different from linear
fold. This module also include a simple mapreduce implementation, and
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Other languages, have built in support for **Interface** or
**signature** functionality. Java has Interfaces, SML has
Signatures. Erlang, though, doesn't currently support this model, at
least not directly. There are a few ways you can approximate it. We
-have defined a mechnism called *signatures* and several modules that
+have defined a mechanism called *signatures* and several modules that
to serve as examples and provide a good set of *dictionary*
signatures. More information about signatures can be found at
[signature](https://github.com/erlware/erlware_commons/blob/master/doc/signatures.md).
diff --git a/doc/signatures.md b/doc/signatures.md
index 18aab3c..8279622 100644
--- a/doc/signatures.md
+++ b/doc/signatures.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Signatures
==========
It often occurs in coding that we need a library, a set of
-functionaly. Often there are several algorithms that could provide
+functionally. Often there are several algorithms that could provide
this functionality. However, the code that uses it, either doesn't
care about the individual algorithm or wishes to delegate choosing
that algorithm to some higher level. Lets take the concrete example of
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ characteristics are about as good as that of randomly-built binary
search trees - namely (O log n). So the choice of which to select
depends very much on memory available, insert/read characteristics,
etc. So delegating the choice to a single point in your code is a very
-good idea. Unfortunately, in Erlang thats ot so easy to do at the moment.
+good idea. Unfortunately, in Erlang that's so easy to do at the moment.
Other languages, have built in support for this
functionality. [Java](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language))
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ mistakes that you might have made. Tools like
[Dialyzer](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html) have just as
hard a time figuring out the what `ModuleToUse` is pointing to as you
do. So they can't give you warnings about potential problems. In fact
-someone could inadvertantly pass an unexpected function name as
+someone could inadvertently pass an unexpected function name as
`ModuleToUse` and you would never get any warnings, just an exception
at run time.
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ what it looked like.
2>
So for the direct dict call, we average about 3 mics per call, while
-for the Signature Wrapper we average around 4. Thats a 25% cost for
+for the Signature Wrapper we average around 4. That's a 25% cost for
Signature Wrappers in this example, for a very small number of
calls. Depending on what you are doing that is going to be greater or
lesser. In any case, we can see that there is some cost associated
diff --git a/src/ec_cmd_log.erl b/src/ec_cmd_log.erl
index 56efa5c..ba616f4 100644
--- a/src/ec_cmd_log.erl
+++ b/src/ec_cmd_log.erl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
%%% @copyright (C) 2012 Erlware, LLC.
%%%
%%% @doc This provides simple output functions for command line apps. You should
-%%% use this to talk to the users if you are wrting code for the system
+%%% use this to talk to the users if you are writing code for the system
-module(ec_cmd_log).
%% Avoid clashing with `error/3` BIF added in Erlang/OTP 24
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ debug(LogState, String) ->
debug(LogState, "~ts~n", [String]).
%% @doc log at the debug level given the current log state with a format string
-%% and argements @see io:format/2
+%% and arguments @see io:format/2
-spec debug(t(), string(), [any()]) -> ok.
debug(LogState, FormatString, Args) ->
log(LogState, ?EC_DEBUG, colorize(LogState, ?CYAN, false, FormatString), Args).
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ info(LogState, String) ->
info(LogState, "~ts~n", [String]).
%% @doc log at the info level given the current log state with a format string
-%% and argements @see io:format/2
+%% and arguments @see io:format/2
-spec info(t(), string(), [any()]) -> ok.
info(LogState, FormatString, Args) ->
log(LogState, ?EC_INFO, colorize(LogState, ?GREEN, false, FormatString), Args).
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ error(LogState, String) ->
error(LogState, "~ts~n", [String]).
%% @doc log at the error level given the current log state with a format string
-%% and argements @see io:format/2
+%% and arguments @see io:format/2
-spec error(t(), string(), [any()]) -> ok.
error(LogState, FormatString, Args) ->
log(LogState, ?EC_ERROR, colorize(LogState, ?RED, false, FormatString), Args).
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ warn(LogState, String) ->
warn(LogState, "~ts~n", [String]).
%% @doc log at the warn level given the current log state with a format string
-%% and argements @see io:format/2
+%% and arguments @see io:format/2
-spec warn(t(), string(), [any()]) -> ok.
warn(LogState, FormatString, Args) ->
log(LogState, ?EC_WARN, colorize(LogState, ?MAGENTA, false, FormatString), Args).
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ format(Log) ->
colorize(#state_t{intensity=none}, _, _, Msg) ->
Msg;
-%% When it is suposed to be bold and we already have a uppercase
+%% When it is supposed to be bold and we already have a uppercase
%% (bold color) we don't need to modify the color
colorize(State, Color, true, Msg) when ?VALID_COLOR(Color),
Color >= $A, Color =< $Z ->
colorize(State, Color, false, Msg);
-%% We're sneaky we can substract 32 to get the uppercase character if we want
+%% We're sneaky we can subtract 32 to get the uppercase character if we want
%% bold but have a non bold color.
colorize(State, Color, true, Msg) when ?VALID_COLOR(Color) ->
colorize(State, Color - 32, false, Msg);
diff --git a/src/ec_file.erl b/src/ec_file.erl
index a139e6e..e310336 100644
--- a/src/ec_file.erl
+++ b/src/ec_file.erl
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ remove(Path, Options) ->
remove(Path) ->
remove(Path, []).
-%% @doc indicates witha boolean if the path supplied refers to symlink.
+%% @doc indicates with a boolean if the path supplied refers to symlink.
-spec is_symlink(file:name()) -> boolean().
is_symlink(Path) ->
case file:read_link_info(Path) of
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ mkdir_path(Path) ->
mkdir_p(Path).
-%% @doc read a file from the file system. Provide UEX exeption on failure.
+%% @doc read a file from the file system. Provide UEX exception on failure.
-spec read(FilePath::file:filename()) -> {ok, binary()} | {error, Reason::term()}.
read(FilePath) ->
%% Now that we are moving away from exceptions again this becomes
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ read(FilePath) ->
file:read_file(FilePath).
-%% @doc write a file to the file system. Provide UEX exeption on failure.
+%% @doc write a file to the file system. Provide UEX exception on failure.
-spec write(FileName::file:filename(), Contents::string()) -> ok | {error, Reason::term()}.
write(FileName, Contents) ->
%% Now that we are moving away from exceptions again this becomes
diff --git a/src/ec_lists.erl b/src/ec_lists.erl
index c95078b..0ae5204 100644
--- a/src/ec_lists.erl
+++ b/src/ec_lists.erl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ find(_Fun, []) ->
error.
%% @doc Fetch a value from the list. If the function returns true the
-%% value is returend. If processing reaches the end of the list and
+%% value is returned. If processing reaches the end of the list and
%% the function has never returned true an exception not_found is
%% thrown.
-spec fetch(fun(), list()) -> term().
diff --git a/src/ec_plists.erl b/src/ec_plists.erl
index 50f122e..27715e3 100644
--- a/src/ec_plists.erl
+++ b/src/ec_plists.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
%%% most list operations parallel. It can operate on each element in
%%% parallel, for IO-bound operations, on sublists in parallel, for
%%% taking advantage of multi-core machines with CPU-bound operations,
-%%% and across erlang nodes, for parallizing inside a cluster. It
+%%% and across erlang nodes, for parallelizing inside a cluster. It
%%% handles errors and node failures. It can be configured, tuned, and
%%% tweaked to get optimal performance while minimizing overhead.
%%%
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
%%% lists, returning exactly the same result, and having both a form
%%% with an identical syntax that operates on each element in parallel
%%% and a form which takes an optional "malt", a specification for how
-%%% to parallize the operation.
+%%% to parallelize the operation.
%%%
%%% fold is the one exception, parallel fold is different from linear
%%% fold. This module also include a simple mapreduce implementation,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
%%% processes. If one of them does a non-normal exit, plists receives
%%% the 'DOWN' message believing it to be from one of its own
%%% processes. The error propagation system goes into effect, which
-%%% results in the error occuring in the calling process.
+%%% results in the error occurring in the calling process.
%%%
-module(ec_plists).
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ fold(Fun, Fuse, InitAcc, List, Malt) ->
end,
runmany(Fun2, Fuse, List, Malt).
-%% @doc Similiar to foreach in module
+%% @doc Similar to foreach in module
%% lists
%% except it makes no guarantee about the order it processes list elements.
-spec foreach(fun(), list()) -> ok.
foreach(Fun, List) ->
foreach(Fun, List, 1).
-%% @doc Similiar to foreach in module
+%% @doc Similar to foreach in module
%% lists
%% except it makes no guarantee about the order it processes list elements.
-spec foreach(fun(), list(), malt()) -> ok.
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ sort(Fun, List) ->
%%
%% sort splits the list into sublists and sorts them, and it merges the
%% sorted lists together. These are done in parallel. Each sublist is
-%% sorted in a seperate process, and each merging of results is done in a
-%% seperate process. Malt defaults to 100, causing the list to be split into
+%% sorted in a separate process, and each merging of results is done in a
+%% separate process. Malt defaults to 100, causing the list to be split into
%% 100-element sublists.
-spec sort(fun(), list(), malt()) -> list().
sort(Fun, List, Malt) ->
@@ -464,11 +464,11 @@ usort(Fun, List) ->
%%
%% usort splits the list into sublists and sorts them, and it merges the
%% sorted lists together. These are done in parallel. Each sublist is
-%% sorted in a seperate process, and each merging of results is done in a
-%% seperate process. Malt defaults to 100, causing the list to be split into
+%% sorted in a separate process, and each merging of results is done in a
+%% separate process. Malt defaults to 100, causing the list to be split into
%% 100-element sublists.
%%
-%% usort removes duplicate elments while it sorts.
+%% usort removes duplicate elements while it sorts.
-spec usort(fun(), list(), malt()) -> list().
usort(Fun, List, Malt) ->
Fun2 = fun (L) ->
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ mapreduce(MapFunc, List, MapMalt) ->
%% reducer's final state.
%%
%% MapMalt is the malt for the mapping operation, with a default value of 1,
-%% meaning each element of the list is mapped by a seperate process.
+%% meaning each element of the list is mapped by a separate process.
%%
%% mapreduce requires OTP R11B, or it may leave monitoring messages in the
%% message queue.
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ add_key(Dict, Key, Value) ->
end.
%% @doc Like below, but assumes a Malt of 1,
-%% meaning each element of the list is processed by a seperate process.
+%% meaning each element of the list is processed by a separate process.
-spec runmany(fun(), fuse(), list()) -> term().
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List) ->
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List, 1).
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ runmany(Fun, Fuse, List) ->
%% continues fusing pairs of results until it is down to one.
%%
%% Recursive fuse is down in parallel with processing the sublists, and a
-%% process is spawned to fuse each pair of results. It is a parallized
+%% process is spawned to fuse each pair of results. It is a parallelized
%% algorithm. Linear fuse is done after all results of processing sublists
%% have been collected, and can only run in a single process.
%%
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ runmany(Fun, {recursive, Fuse}, List, local, Split, []) ->
%% or {nodes, NodeList}. Degenerates recursive fuse into linear fuse.
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List, local, Split, []);
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List, Nodes, no_split, []) ->
- %% by default, operate on each element seperately
+ %% by default, operate on each element separately
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List, Nodes, 1, []);
runmany(Fun, Fuse, List, local, Split, []) ->
List2 = splitmany(List, Split),
diff --git a/src/ec_rbdict.erl b/src/ec_rbdict.erl
index 60e337f..9f3b617 100644
--- a/src/ec_rbdict.erl
+++ b/src/ec_rbdict.erl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
%%% representation of a dictionary, where a red-black tree is used to
%%% store the keys and values.
%%%
-%%% This module implents exactly the same interface as the module
+%%% This module implements exactly the same interface as the module
%%% ec_dictionary but with a defined representation. One difference is
%%% that while dict considers two keys as different if they do not
%%% match (=:=), this module considers two keys as different if and
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ to_list(empty, List) -> List;
to_list({_, A, Xk, Xv, B}, List) ->
to_list(A, [{Xk, Xv} | to_list(B, List)]).
-%% Balance a tree afer (possibly) adding a node to the left/right.
+%% Balance a tree after (possibly) adding a node to the left/right.
-spec lbalance(color(), dictionary(K, V),
ec_dictionary:key(K), ec_dictionary:value(V),
dictionary(K, V)) ->
diff --git a/src/ec_semver.erl b/src/ec_semver.erl
index 8141065..493466f 100644
--- a/src/ec_semver.erl
+++ b/src/ec_semver.erl
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ pes(VsnA, VsnB) ->
%%%===================================================================
%%% Friend Functions
%%%===================================================================
-%% @doc helper function for the peg grammer to parse the iolist into a semver
+%% @doc helper function for the peg grammar to parse the iolist into a semver
-spec internal_parse_version(iolist()) -> semver().
internal_parse_version([MMP, AlphaPart, BuildPart, _]) ->
{parse_major_minor_patch_minpatch(MMP), {parse_alpha_part(AlphaPart),
parse_alpha_part(BuildPart)}}.
-%% @doc helper function for the peg grammer to parse the iolist into a major_minor_patch
+%% @doc helper function for the peg grammar to parse the iolist into a major_minor_patch
-spec parse_major_minor_patch_minpatch(iolist()) -> major_minor_patch_minpatch().
parse_major_minor_patch_minpatch([MajVsn, [], [], []]) ->
strip_maj_version(MajVsn);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ parse_major_minor_patch_minpatch([MajVsn,
[<<".">>, MinPatch]]) ->
{strip_maj_version(MajVsn), MinVsn, PatchVsn, MinPatch}.
-%% @doc helper function for the peg grammer to parse the iolist into an alpha part
+%% @doc helper function for the peg grammar to parse the iolist into an alpha part
-spec parse_alpha_part(iolist()) -> [alpha_part()].
parse_alpha_part([]) ->
[];
diff --git a/src/ec_talk.erl b/src/ec_talk.erl
index 454b1f8..7cacf2a 100644
--- a/src/ec_talk.erl
+++ b/src/ec_talk.erl
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ask(Prompt) ->
ask_default(Prompt, Default) ->
ask_convert(Prompt, fun get_string/1, string, Default).
-%% @doc Asks the user to respond to the prompt. Trys to return the
+%% @doc Asks the user to respond to the prompt. Tries to return the
%% value in the format specified by 'Type'.
-spec ask(prompt(), type()) -> supported().
ask(Prompt, boolean) ->
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ask(Prompt, number) ->
ask(Prompt, string) ->
ask_convert(Prompt, fun get_string/1, string, none).
-%% @doc Asks the user to respond to the prompt. Trys to return the
+%% @doc Asks the user to respond to the prompt. Tries to return the
%% value in the format specified by 'Type'.
-spec ask_default(prompt(), type(), supported()) -> supported().
ask_default(Prompt, boolean, Default) ->
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ ask_convert(Prompt, TransFun, Type, Default) ->
Ret
end.
-%% @doc Trys to translate the result into a boolean
+%% @doc Tries to translate the result into a boolean
-spec get_boolean(string()) -> boolean().
get_boolean([]) ->
no_data;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ get_boolean([$N | _]) ->
get_boolean(_) ->
no_clue.
-%% @doc Trys to translate the result into an integer
+%% @doc Tries to translate the result into an integer
-spec get_integer(string()) -> integer().
get_integer([]) ->
no_data;