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authorhsbt <hsbt@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-03-04 01:15:43 +0000
committerhsbt <hsbt@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2015-03-04 01:15:43 +0000
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parent49117ae29a995e7182e26256999c4346856d4496 (diff)
* doc/syntax/methods.rdoc: add some missing spaces and
fix a grammatical error in method docs. [fix GH-843][ci skip] Patch by @nikolas git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@49838 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ exist on all keyboards.
Method names may end with a <code>!</code> (bang or exclamation mark), a
<code>?</code> (question mark) or <code>=</code> equals sign.
-The bang methods(<code>!</code> at the end of method name) are called and
+The bang methods (<code>!</code> at the end of method name) are called and
executed just like any other method. However, by convention, a method with an
exclamation point or bang is considered dangerous. In ruby core library the
-dangerous method implies that when a method ends with a bang(<code>!</code>),
+dangerous method implies that when a method ends with a bang (<code>!</code>),
it indicates that unlike its non-bang equivalent, permanently modifies its
receiver. Almost always, Ruby core library will have a non-bang
-counterpart(method name which does NOT end with <code>!</code>) of every bang
-method (method name which does end with <code>!</code>) that has does not
-modify the receiver. This convention is typically true for ruby core libary but
-may/may not hold true for other ruby libraries.
+counterpart (method name which does NOT end with <code>!</code>) of every bang
+method (method name which does end with <code>!</code>) that does not modify
+the receiver. This convention is typically true for ruby core libary but
+may or may not hold true for other ruby libraries.
Methods that end with a question mark by convention return boolean. But they
may not always return just +true+ or +false+. Often they will may return an