rlp, trie, contracts, compression, consensus: improve comments (#14580)

4 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/consensus/ethash/algorithm.go b/consensus/ethash/algorithm.go
index 365fe5520..a737bc636 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/algorithm.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/algorithm.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ type hasher func(dest []byte, data []byte)
 
 // makeHasher creates a repetitive hasher, allowing the same hash data structures
 // to be reused between hash runs instead of requiring new ones to be created.
-//
 // The returned function is not thread safe!
 func makeHasher(h hash.Hash) hasher {
 	return func(dest []byte, data []byte) {
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ func seedHash(block uint64) []byte {
 // memory, then performing two passes of Sergio Demian Lerner's RandMemoHash
 // algorithm from Strict Memory Hard Hashing Functions (2014). The output is a
 // set of 524288 64-byte values.
-//
 // This method places the result into dest in machine byte order.
 func generateCache(dest []uint32, epoch uint64, seed []byte) {
 	// Print some debug logs to allow analysis on low end devices
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ func generateDatasetItem(cache []uint32, index uint32, keccak512 hasher) []byte
 }
 
 // generateDataset generates the entire ethash dataset for mining.
-//
 // This method places the result into dest in machine byte order.
 func generateDataset(dest []uint32, epoch uint64, cache []uint32) {
 	// Print some debug logs to allow analysis on low end devices
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/algorithm_go1.8_test.go b/consensus/ethash/algorithm_go1.8_test.go
index fdc302318..a822944a6 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/algorithm_go1.8_test.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/algorithm_go1.8_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package ethash
 
 import "testing"
 
-// Tests whether the dataset size calculator work correctly by cross checking the
+// Tests whether the dataset size calculator works correctly by cross checking the
 // hard coded lookup table with the value generated by it.
 func TestSizeCalculations(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests []uint64
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index a6c1432e3..dd9c81fd4 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) VerifyUncles(chain consensus.ChainReader, block *types.Blo
 
 // verifyHeader checks whether a header conforms to the consensus rules of the
 // stock Ethereum ethash engine.
-//
 // See YP section 4.3.4. "Block Header Validity"
 func (ethash *Ethash) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, header, parent *types.Header, uncle bool, seal bool) error {
 	// Ensure that the header's extra-data section is of a reasonable size
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ func (ethash *Ethash) verifyHeader(chain consensus.ChainReader, header, parent *
 // CalcDifficulty is the difficulty adjustment algorithm. It returns
 // the difficulty that a new block should have when created at time
 // given the parent block's time and difficulty.
-//
 // TODO (karalabe): Move the chain maker into this package and make this private!
 func CalcDifficulty(config *params.ChainConfig, time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
 	next := new(big.Int).Add(parent.Number, common.Big1)
@@ -462,7 +460,6 @@ var (
 // AccumulateRewards credits the coinbase of the given block with the mining
 // reward. The total reward consists of the static block reward and rewards for
 // included uncles. The coinbase of each uncle block is also rewarded.
-//
 // TODO (karalabe): Move the chain maker into this package and make this private!
 func AccumulateRewards(state *state.StateDB, header *types.Header, uncles []*types.Header) {
 	reward := new(big.Int).Set(blockReward)
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/ethash.go b/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
index 7067e8643..dd6147072 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ type Ethash struct {
 // New creates a full sized ethash PoW scheme.
 func New(cachedir string, cachesinmem, cachesondisk int, dagdir string, dagsinmem, dagsondisk int) *Ethash {
 	if cachesinmem <= 0 {
-		log.Warn("One ethash cache must alwast be in memory", "requested", cachesinmem)
+		log.Warn("One ethash cache must always be in memory", "requested", cachesinmem)
 		cachesinmem = 1
 	}
 	if cachedir != "" && cachesondisk > 0 {
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func NewFakeDelayer(delay time.Duration) *Ethash {
 	return &Ethash{fakeMode: true, fakeDelay: delay}
 }
 
-// NewFullFaker creates a ethash consensus engine with a full fake scheme that
+// NewFullFaker creates an ethash consensus engine with a full fake scheme that
 // accepts all blocks as valid, without checking any consensus rules whatsoever.
 func NewFullFaker() *Ethash {
 	return &Ethash{fakeMode: true, fakeFull: true}