[PATCH] spelling: fixes of non-dictionary words

[Mads Kiilerich]

On 10/18/2016 02:20 AM, Augie Fackler wrote:
>> diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
>> --- a/contrib/check-code.py
>> +++ b/contrib/check-code.py
>> @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ def _preparepats():
>>           failandwarn = c[-1]
>>           for pats in failandwarn:
>>               for i, pseq in enumerate(pats):
>> -                # fix-up regexes for multi-line searches
>> +                # fix-up regexps for multi-line searches
> I've always used singular "regex" plural "regexes" - I don't see
> "regexp" much in my day-to-day life. Dropped all instances of this
> correction for now.

Fine, as long as we can be consistent ;-)

Mercurial calls it "regexp" in .hgignore - we can't change that.

We have approximately twice as many uses of 'regexp' as of 'regex'.

The alternative to 'regexp' thus seems to be officially inconsistent.

/Mads