cpython (2.7): Issue #28820: Fix spelling of “practice” as a noun

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4f24641cd030 changeset: 105397:4f24641cd030 branch: 2.7 user: Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> date: Wed Nov 30 10:18:45 2016 +0000 summary: Issue #28820: Fix spelling of “practice” as a noun files: Doc/howto/urllib2.rst | 2 +- Doc/tutorial/modules.rst | 2 +- Mac/Modules/cg/CFMLateImport.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst --- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ .. [#] For an introduction to the CGI protocol see `Writing Web Applications in Python <http://www.pyzine.com/Issue008/Section_Articles/article_CGIOne.html>`_. .. [#] Google for example. -.. [#] Browser sniffing is a very bad practise for website design - building +.. [#] Browser sniffing is a very bad practice for website design - building sites using web standards is much more sensible. Unfortunately a lot of sites still send different versions to different browsers. .. [#] The user agent for MSIE 6 is diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ ``__all__`` is defined.) Although certain modules are designed to export only names that follow certain -patterns when you use ``import *``, it is still considered bad practise in +patterns when you use ``import *``, it is still considered bad practice in production code. Remember, there is nothing wrong with using ``from Package import diff --git a/Mac/Modules/cg/CFMLateImport.c b/Mac/Modules/cg/CFMLateImport.c --- a/Mac/Modules/cg/CFMLateImport.c +++ b/Mac/Modules/cg/CFMLateImport.c @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ MoreAssertQ(fragToFix->sectionHeaders != nil); MoreAssertQ(fragToFix->loaderSection != nil); MoreAssertQ(fragToFix->section0Base != nil); // Technically, having a nil for these two is not a problem, ... - MoreAssertQ(fragToFix->section1Base != nil); // but in practise it a wildly deviant case and we should know about it. + MoreAssertQ(fragToFix->section1Base != nil); // but in practice it a wildly deviant case and we should know about it. MoreAssertQ(importLibrary != nil); MoreAssertQ(lookup != nil); -- Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython

On 11/30/2016 5:21 AM, martin.panter wrote:
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4f24641cd030 changeset: 105397:4f24641cd030 branch: 2.7 user: Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> date: Wed Nov 30 10:18:45 2016 +0000 summary: Issue #28820: Fix spelling of “practice” as a noun
In American English, the verb is also 'practice', so 'practise' should never appear in our docs. http://grammarist.com/spelling/practice-practise/
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