A few cosmetic improvements to code & comments in liballoc and libcore

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstd/env.rs b/src/libstd/env.rs
index eca93399e58..b8989369269 100644
--- a/src/libstd/env.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/env.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl Error for VarError {
 ///
 /// Note that while concurrent access to environment variables is safe in Rust,
 /// some platforms only expose inherently unsafe non-threadsafe APIs for
-/// inspecting the environment. As a result extra care needs to be taken when
+/// inspecting the environment. As a result, extra care needs to be taken when
 /// auditing calls to unsafe external FFI functions to ensure that any external
 /// environment accesses are properly synchronized with accesses in Rust.
 ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/error.rs b/src/libstd/error.rs
index 117a430eec6..19a77a48d9a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/error.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/error.rs
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ pub trait Error: Debug + Display {
     #[stable(feature = "error_source", since = "1.30.0")]
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> { None }
 
-    /// Gets the `TypeId` of `self`
+    /// Gets the `TypeId` of `self`.
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[unstable(feature = "error_type_id",
-               reason = "this is memory unsafe to override in user code",
+               reason = "this is memory-unsafe to override in user code",
                issue = "60784")]
     fn type_id(&self, _: private::Internal) -> TypeId where Self: 'static {
         TypeId::of::<Self>()
@@ -601,19 +601,19 @@ impl Error for char::ParseCharError {
     }
 }
 
-// copied from any.rs
+// Copied from `any.rs`.
 impl dyn Error + 'static {
     /// Returns `true` if the boxed type is the same as `T`
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool {
-        // Get TypeId of the type this function is instantiated with
+        // Get `TypeId` of the type this function is instantiated with.
         let t = TypeId::of::<T>();
 
-        // Get TypeId of the type in the trait object
+        // Get `TypeId` of the type in the trait object.
         let boxed = self.type_id(private::Internal);
 
-        // Compare both TypeIds on equality
+        // Compare both `TypeId`s on equality.
         t == boxed
     }
 
@@ -647,21 +647,21 @@ impl dyn Error + 'static {
 }
 
 impl dyn Error + 'static + Send {
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool {
         <dyn Error + 'static>::is::<T>(self)
     }
 
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn downcast_ref<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
         <dyn Error + 'static>::downcast_ref::<T>(self)
     }
 
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn downcast_mut<T: Error + 'static>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T> {
@@ -670,21 +670,21 @@ impl dyn Error + 'static + Send {
 }
 
 impl dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> bool {
         <dyn Error + 'static>::is::<T>(self)
     }
 
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn downcast_ref<T: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
         <dyn Error + 'static>::downcast_ref::<T>(self)
     }
 
-    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `Any`.
+    /// Forwards to the method defined on the type `dyn Error`.
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn downcast_mut<T: Error + 'static>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T> {
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ impl dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
 impl dyn Error {
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
-    /// Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.
+    /// Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.
     pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>(self: Box<Self>) -> Result<Box<T>, Box<dyn Error>> {
         if self.is::<T>() {
             unsafe {
@@ -863,12 +863,12 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for ErrorIter<'a> {
 impl dyn Error + Send {
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
-    /// Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.
+    /// Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.
     pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>(self: Box<Self>)
                                         -> Result<Box<T>, Box<dyn Error + Send>> {
         let err: Box<dyn Error> = self;
         <dyn Error>::downcast(err).map_err(|s| unsafe {
-            // reapply the Send marker
+            // Reapply the `Send` marker.
             transmute::<Box<dyn Error>, Box<dyn Error + Send>>(s)
         })
     }
@@ -877,12 +877,12 @@ impl dyn Error + Send {
 impl dyn Error + Send + Sync {
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "error_downcast", since = "1.3.0")]
-    /// Attempt to downcast the box to a concrete type.
+    /// Attempts to downcast the box to a concrete type.
     pub fn downcast<T: Error + 'static>(self: Box<Self>)
                                         -> Result<Box<T>, Box<Self>> {
         let err: Box<dyn Error> = self;
         <dyn Error>::downcast(err).map_err(|s| unsafe {
-            // reapply the Send+Sync marker
+            // Reapply the `Send + Sync` marker.
             transmute::<Box<dyn Error>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(s)
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs b/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs
index 65f4e0cafe0..3ce2b68d858 100644
--- a/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/ffi/c_str.rs
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ impl CString {
 }
 
 // Turns this `CString` into an empty string to prevent
-// memory unsafe code from working by accident. Inline
+// memory-unsafe code from working by accident. Inline
 // to prevent LLVM from optimizing it away in debug builds.
 #[stable(feature = "cstring_drop", since = "1.13.0")]
 impl Drop for CString {
diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs
index 000f80f99e7..c50025ab7d1 100644
--- a/src/libstd/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/process.rs
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ pub fn id() -> u32 {
 
 /// A trait for implementing arbitrary return types in the `main` function.
 ///
-/// The c-main function only supports to return integers as return type.
+/// The C-main function only supports to return integers as return type.
 /// So, every type implementing the `Termination` trait has to be converted
 /// to an integer.
 ///