doc, comments: Grammar and spelling fixes

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
PR-URL: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#25591

Author: scop

Diff for: doc/api/buffer.markdown

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Creating a typed array from a `Buffer` works with the following caveats:
 
 2. The buffer's memory is interpreted as an array, not a byte array.  That is,
    `new Uint32Array(new Buffer([1,2,3,4]))` creates a 4-element `Uint32Array`
-   with elements `[1,2,3,4]`, not an `Uint32Array` with a single element
+   with elements `[1,2,3,4]`, not a `Uint32Array` with a single element
    `[0x1020304]` or `[0x4030201]`.
 
 NOTE: Node.js v0.8 simply retained a reference to the buffer in `array.buffer`

Diff for: doc/api/cluster.markdown

@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ It is not emitted in the worker.
 
 ### Event: 'disconnect'
 
-Similar to the `cluster.on('disconnect')` event, but specfic to this worker.
+Similar to the `cluster.on('disconnect')` event, but specific to this worker.
 
     cluster.fork().on('disconnect', function() {
       // Worker has disconnected

Diff for: doc/api/crypto.markdown

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ Example (obtaining a shared secret):
 
 ## crypto.createECDH(curve_name)
 
-Creates a Elliptic Curve (EC) Diffie-Hellman key exchange object using a
+Creates an Elliptic Curve (EC) Diffie-Hellman key exchange object using a
 predefined curve specified by `curve_name` string.
 
 ## Class: ECDH

Diff for: doc/api/dns.markdown

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ See [supported `getaddrinfo` flags](#dns_supported_getaddrinfo_flags) below for
 more information on supported flags.
 
 The callback has arguments `(err, address, family)`.  The `address` argument
-is a string representation of a IP v4 or v6 address. The `family` argument
+is a string representation of an IP v4 or v6 address. The `family` argument
 is either the integer 4 or 6 and denotes the family of `address` (not
 necessarily the value initially passed to `lookup`).
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ attribute (e.g. `[{'priority': 10, 'exchange': 'mx.example.com'},...]`).
 ## dns.resolveTxt(hostname, callback)
 
 The same as `dns.resolve()`, but only for text queries (`TXT` records).
-`addresses` is an 2-d array of the text records available for `hostname` (e.g.,
+`addresses` is a 2-d array of the text records available for `hostname` (e.g.,
 `[ ['v=spf1 ip4:0.0.0.0 ', '~all' ] ]`). Each sub-array contains TXT chunks of
 one record. Depending on the use case, the could be either joined together or
 treated separately.

Diff for: doc/api/net.markdown

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Common options are:
     a FIN packet when the other end of the socket sends a FIN packet.
     Defaults to `false`.  See ['end'][] event for more information.
 
-The `connectListener` parameter will be added as an listener for the
+The `connectListener` parameter will be added as a listener for the
 ['connect'][] event.
 
 Here is an example of a client of echo server as described previously:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ changed to
 
 Creates a TCP connection to `port` on `host`. If `host` is omitted,
 `'localhost'` will be assumed.
-The `connectListener` parameter will be added as an listener for the
+The `connectListener` parameter will be added as a listener for the
 ['connect'][] event.
 
 Is a factory method which returns a new ['net.Socket'](#net_class_net_socket).
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Is a factory method which returns a new ['net.Socket'](#net_class_net_socket).
 ## net.createConnection(path[, connectListener])
 
 Creates unix socket connection to `path`.
-The `connectListener` parameter will be added as an listener for the
+The `connectListener` parameter will be added as a listener for the
 ['connect'][] event.
 
 A factory method which returns a new ['net.Socket'](#net_class_net_socket).
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ parameter is 511 (not 512).
 
 This function is asynchronous.  When the server has been bound,
 ['listening'][] event will be emitted.  The last parameter `callback`
-will be added as an listener for the ['listening'][] event.
+will be added as a listener for the ['listening'][] event.
 
 One issue some users run into is getting `EADDRINUSE` errors. This means that
 another server is already running on the requested port. One way of handling this
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Start a local socket server listening for connections on the given `path`.
 
 This function is asynchronous.  When the server has been bound,
 ['listening'][] event will be emitted.  The last parameter `callback`
-will be added as an listener for the ['listening'][] event.
+will be added as a listener for the ['listening'][] event.
 
 On UNIX, the local domain is usually known as the UNIX domain. The path is a
 filesystem path name. It is subject to the same naming conventions and
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Listening on a file descriptor is not supported on Windows.
 
 This function is asynchronous.  When the server has been bound,
 ['listening'][] event will be emitted.
-the last parameter `callback` will be added as an listener for the
+the last parameter `callback` will be added as a listener for the
 ['listening'][] event.
 
 ### server.listen(options[, callback])
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ This function is asynchronous. When the ['connect'][] event is emitted the
 socket is established. If there is a problem connecting, the `'connect'` event
 will not be emitted, the `'error'` event will be emitted with the exception.
 
-The `connectListener` parameter will be added as an listener for the
+The `connectListener` parameter will be added as a listener for the
 ['connect'][] event.
 
 

Diff for: lib/_http_client.js

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function parserOnIncomingClient(res, shouldKeepAlive) {
   var req = socket._httpMessage;
 
 
-  // propogate "domain" setting...
+  // propagate "domain" setting...
   if (req.domain && !res.domain) {
     debug('setting "res.domain"');
     res.domain = req.domain;
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   socket.parser = parser;
   socket._httpMessage = req;
 
-  // Setup "drain" propogation.
+  // Setup "drain" propagation.
   httpSocketSetup(socket);
 
   // Propagate headers limit from request object to parser

Diff for: lib/url.js

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ Url.prototype.resolveObject = function(relative) {
     if (psychotic) {
       result.hostname = result.host = srcPath.shift();
       //occationaly the auth can get stuck only in host
-      //this especialy happens in cases like
+      //this especially happens in cases like
       //url.resolveObject('mailto:local1@domain1', 'local2@domain2')
       var authInHost = result.host && result.host.indexOf('@') > 0 ?
                        result.host.split('@') : false;
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Url.prototype.resolveObject = function(relative) {
     result.hostname = result.host = isAbsolute ? '' :
                                     srcPath.length ? srcPath.shift() : '';
     //occationaly the auth can get stuck only in host
-    //this especialy happens in cases like
+    //this especially happens in cases like
     //url.resolveObject('mailto:local1@domain1', 'local2@domain2')
     var authInHost = result.host && result.host.indexOf('@') > 0 ?
                      result.host.split('@') : false;

Diff for: src/node.cc

@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ static void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
 
 NO_RETURN void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
   OnFatalError(location, message);
-  // to supress compiler warning
+  // to suppress compiler warning
   abort();
 }
 

Diff for: src/node_object_wrap.h

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ObjectWrap {
    * attached to detached state it will be freed. Be careful not to access
    * the object after making this call as it might be gone!
    * (A "weak reference" means an object that only has a
-   * persistant handle.)
+   * persistent handle.)
    *
    * DO NOT CALL THIS FROM DESTRUCTOR
    */