Fix typos in comments.

Backpatch to all supported versions, where applicable, to make backpatching
of future fixes go more smoothly.

Josh Soref

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CACZqfqCf+5qRztLPgmmosr-B0Ye4srWzzw_mo4c_8_B_mtjmJQ@mail.gmail.com

src/backend/access/gist/README

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The current implementation of GiST supports:
 
 The support for concurrency implemented in PostgreSQL was developed based on
 the paper "Access Methods for Next-Generation Database Systems" by
-Marcel Kornaker:
+Marcel Kornacker:
 
     http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/papers/concurrency/access-methods-for-next-generation.pdf.gz
 

src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c

@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ createdb(const CreatedbStmt *stmt)
 
 		/*
 		 * Force synchronous commit, thus minimizing the window between
-		 * creation of the database files and commital of the transaction. If
+		 * creation of the database files and committal of the transaction. If
 		 * we crash before committing, we'll have a DB that's taking up disk
 		 * space but is not in pg_database, which is not good.
 		 */
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ dropdb(const char *dbname, bool missing_ok)
 
 	/*
 	 * Force synchronous commit, thus minimizing the window between removal of
-	 * the database files and commital of the transaction. If we crash before
+	 * the database files and committal of the transaction. If we crash before
 	 * committing, we'll have a DB that's gone on disk but still there
 	 * according to pg_database, which is not good.
 	 */
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ movedb(const char *dbname, const char *tblspcname)
 
 		/*
 		 * Force synchronous commit, thus minimizing the window between
-		 * copying the database files and commital of the transaction. If we
+		 * copying the database files and committal of the transaction. If we
 		 * crash before committing, we'll leave an orphaned set of files on
 		 * disk, which is not fatal but not good either.
 		 */

src/backend/commands/explain.c

@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ ExplainYAMLLineStarting(ExplainState *es)
 }
 
 /*
- * YAML is a superset of JSON; unfortuantely, the YAML quoting rules are
+ * YAML is a superset of JSON; unfortunately, the YAML quoting rules are
  * ridiculously complicated -- as documented in sections 5.3 and 7.3.3 of
  * http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html -- so we chose to just quote everything.
  * Empty strings, strings with leading or trailing whitespace, and strings

src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c

@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ CreateCast(CreateCastStmt *stmt)
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 				 errmsg("cast will be ignored because the target data type is a domain")));
 
-	/* Detemine the cast method */
+	/* Determine the cast method */
 	if (stmt->func != NULL)
 		castmethod = COERCION_METHOD_FUNCTION;
 	else if (stmt->inout)

src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void RangeVarCallbackForReindexIndex(const RangeVar *relation,
  * Errors arising from the attribute list still apply.
  *
  * Most column type changes that can skip a table rewrite do not invalidate
- * indexes.  We ackowledge this when all operator classes, collations and
+ * indexes.  We acknowledge this when all operator classes, collations and
  * exclusion operators match.  Though we could further permit intra-opfamily
  * changes for btree and hash indexes, that adds subtle complexity with no
  * concrete benefit for core types.
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ CheckMutability(Expr *expr)
  * indxpath.c could do something with.  However, that seems overly
  * restrictive.  One useful application of partial indexes is to apply
  * a UNIQUE constraint across a subset of a table, and in that scenario
- * any evaluatable predicate will work.  So accept any predicate here
+ * any evaluable predicate will work.  So accept any predicate here
  * (except ones requiring a plan), and let indxpath.c fend for itself.
  */
 static void

src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c

@@ -5661,7 +5661,7 @@ ATAddCheckConstraint(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if ONLY was specified with ALTER TABLE.  If so, allow the
-	 * contraint creation only if there are no children currently.  Error out
+	 * constraint creation only if there are no children currently.  Error out
 	 * otherwise.
 	 */
 	if (!recurse && children != NIL)

src/backend/optimizer/geqo/geqo_erx.c

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ gimme_edge_table(PlannerInfo *root, Gene *tour1, Gene *tour2,
 	for (index1 = 0; index1 < num_gene; index1++)
 	{
 		/*
-		 * presume the tour is circular, i.e. 1->2, 2->3, 3->1 this operaton
+		 * presume the tour is circular, i.e. 1->2, 2->3, 3->1 this operation
 		 * maps n back to 1
 		 */
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ gimme_gene(PlannerInfo *root, Edge edge, Edge *edge_table)
 		/*
 		 * give priority to candidates with fewest remaining unused edges;
 		 * find out what the minimum number of unused edges is
-		 * (minimum_edges); if there is more than one cadidate with the
+		 * (minimum_edges); if there is more than one candidate with the
 		 * minimum number of unused edges keep count of this number
 		 * (minimum_count);
 		 */

src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c

@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ select_mergejoin_clauses(PlannerInfo *root,
 		/*
 		 * Insist that each side have a non-redundant eclass.  This
 		 * restriction is needed because various bits of the planner expect
-		 * that each clause in a merge be associatable with some pathkey in a
+		 * that each clause in a merge be associable with some pathkey in a
 		 * canonical pathkey list, but redundant eclasses can't appear in
 		 * canonical sort orderings.  (XXX it might be worth relaxing this,
 		 * but not enough time to address it for 8.3.)

src/backend/optimizer/plan/planmain.c

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ query_planner(PlannerInfo *root, List *tlist,
 	/*
 	 * Now distribute "placeholders" to base rels as needed.  This has to be
 	 * done after join removal because removal could change whether a
-	 * placeholder is evaluatable at a base rel.
+	 * placeholder is evaluable at a base rel.
 	 */
 	add_placeholders_to_base_rels(root);
 

src/backend/optimizer/util/joininfo.c

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *		Detect whether there is a joinclause that involves
  *		the two given relations.
  *
- * Note: the joinclause does not have to be evaluatable with only these two
+ * Note: the joinclause does not have to be evaluable with only these two
  * relations.  This is intentional.  For example consider
  *		SELECT * FROM a, b, c WHERE a.x = (b.y + c.z)
  * If a is much larger than the other tables, it may be worthwhile to

src/backend/optimizer/util/restrictinfo.c

@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ join_clause_is_movable_into(RestrictInfo *rinfo,
 							Relids currentrelids,
 							Relids current_and_outer)
 {
-	/* Clause must be evaluatable given available context */
+	/* Clause must be evaluable given available context */
 	if (!bms_is_subset(rinfo->clause_relids, current_and_outer))
 		return false;
 

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c

@@ -4604,7 +4604,7 @@ PostmasterRandom(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Count up number of child processes of specified types (dead_end chidren
+ * Count up number of child processes of specified types (dead_end children
  * are always excluded).
  */
 static int

src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c

@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ GetLockConflicts(const LOCKTAG *locktag, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 		vxids = (VirtualTransactionId *)
 			palloc0(sizeof(VirtualTransactionId) * (MaxBackends + 1));
 
-	/* Compute hash code and partiton lock, and look up conflicting modes. */
+	/* Compute hash code and partition lock, and look up conflicting modes. */
 	hashcode = LockTagHashCode(locktag);
 	partitionLock = LockHashPartitionLock(hashcode);
 	conflictMask = lockMethodTable->conflictTab[lockmode];

src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c

@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ ReleasePredicateLocks(bool isCommit)
 	/*
 	 * We can't trust XactReadOnly here, because a transaction which started
 	 * as READ WRITE can show as READ ONLY later, e.g., within
-	 * substransactions.  We want to flag a transaction as READ ONLY if it
+	 * subtransactions.  We want to flag a transaction as READ ONLY if it
 	 * commits without writing so that de facto READ ONLY transactions get the
 	 * benefit of some RO optimizations, so we will use this local variable to
 	 * get some cleanup logic right which is based on whether the transaction

src/backend/tsearch/ts_parse.c

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ LexizeExec(LexizeData *ld, ParsedLex **correspondLexem)
 	if (ld->curDictId == InvalidOid)
 	{
 		/*
-		 * usial mode: dictionary wants only one word, but we should keep in
+		 * usual mode: dictionary wants only one word, but we should keep in
 		 * mind that we should go through all stack
 		 */
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ LexizeExec(LexizeData *ld, ParsedLex **correspondLexem)
 
 				/*
 				 * We should be sure that current type of lexeme is recognized
-				 * by our dictinonary: we just check is it exist in list of
+				 * by our dictionary: we just check is it exist in list of
 				 * dictionaries ?
 				 */
 				for (i = 0; i < map->len && !dictExists; i++)
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ generateHeadline(HeadlineParsedText *prs)
 				/* start of a new fragment */
 				infrag = 1;
 				numfragments++;
-				/* add a fragment delimitor if this is after the first one */
+				/* add a fragment delimiter if this is after the first one */
 				if (numfragments > 1)
 				{
 					memcpy(ptr, prs->fragdelim, prs->fragdelimlen);

src/backend/tsearch/wparser_def.c

@@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@ mark_hl_words(HeadlineParsedText *prs, TSQuery query, int highlight,
 						break;
 				}
 				if (curlen < min_words && i >= prs->curwords)
-				{				/* got end of text and our cover is shoter
+				{				/* got end of text and our cover is shorter
 								 * than min_words */
 					for (i = p - 1; i >= 0; i--)
 					{

src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c

@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ seq_search(char *name, char **array, int type, int max, int *len)
 
 	for (last = 0, a = array; *a != NULL; a++)
 	{
-		/* comperate first chars */
+		/* compare first chars */
 		if (*name != **a)
 			continue;
 

src/backend/utils/adt/tsrank.c

@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ calc_rank_cd(float4 *arrdata, TSVector txt, TSQuery query, int method)
 
 		/*
 		 * if doc are big enough then ext.q may be equal to ext.p due to limit
-		 * of posional information. In this case we approximate number of
+		 * of positional information. In this case we approximate number of
 		 * noise word as half cover's length
 		 */
 		nNoise = (ext.q - ext.p) - (ext.end - ext.begin);
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ calc_rank_cd(float4 *arrdata, TSVector txt, TSQuery query, int method)
 		Wdoc += Cpos / ((double) (1 + nNoise));
 
 		CurExtPos = ((double) (ext.q + ext.p)) / 2.0;
-		if (NExtent > 0 && CurExtPos > PrevExtPos		/* prevent devision by
+		if (NExtent > 0 && CurExtPos > PrevExtPos		/* prevent division by
 														 * zero in a case of
 				multiple lexize */ )
 			SumDist += 1.0 / (CurExtPos - PrevExtPos);

src/backend/utils/adt/windowfuncs.c

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ window_lag(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 /*
  * lag_with_offset
- * returns the value of VE evelulated on a row that is OFFSET
+ * returns the value of VE evaluated on a row that is OFFSET
  * rows before the current row within a partition,
  * per spec.
  */

src/backend/utils/misc/Makefile

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OBJS = guc.o help_config.o pg_rusage.o ps_status.o superuser.o tzparser.o \
        rbtree.o
 
 # This location might depend on the installation directories. Therefore
-# we can't subsitute it into pg_config.h.
+# we can't substitute it into pg_config.h.
 ifdef krb_srvtab
 override CPPFLAGS += -DPG_KRB_SRVTAB='"$(krb_srvtab)"'
 endif