Comment copyediting.

include/secp256k1.h

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ SECP256K1_API void secp256k1_context_set_illegal_callback(
  *  crashing.
  *
  *  Args: ctx:  an existing context object (cannot be NULL)
- *  In:   fun:  a pointer to a function to call when an interal error occurs,
+ *  In:   fun:  a pointer to a function to call when an internal error occurs,
  *              taking a message and an opaque pointer (NULL restores a default
  *              handler that calls abort).
  *        data: the opaque pointer to pass to fun above.

include/secp256k1_recovery.h

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign_recoverable(
  *  Returns: 1: public key successfully recovered (which guarantees a correct signature).
  *           0: otherwise.
  *  Args:    ctx:        pointer to a context object, initialized for verification (cannot be NULL)
- *  Out:     pubkey:     pointer to the recoved public key (cannot be NULL)
+ *  Out:     pubkey:     pointer to the recovered public key (cannot be NULL)
  *  In:      sig:        pointer to initialized signature that supports pubkey recovery (cannot be NULL)
  *           msg32:      the 32-byte message hash assumed to be signed (cannot be NULL)
  */

include/secp256k1_schnorr.h

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_schnorr_generate_nonce_pair(
 /** Produce a partial Schnorr signature, which can be combined using
  *  secp256k1_schnorr_partial_combine, to end up with a full signature that is
  *  verifiable using secp256k1_schnorr_verify.
- *  Returns: 1: signature created succesfully.
+ *  Returns: 1: signature created successfully.
  *           0: no valid signature exists with this combination of keys, nonces
  *              and message (chance around 1 in 2^128)
  *          -1: invalid private key, nonce, or public nonces.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_schnorr_partial_sign(
 ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(5) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(6);
 
 /** Combine multiple Schnorr partial signatures.
- * Returns: 1: the passed signatures were succesfully combined.
+ * Returns: 1: the passed signatures were successfully combined.
  *          0: the resulting signature is not valid (chance of 1 in 2^256)
  *         -1: some inputs were invalid, or the signatures were not created
  *             using the same set of nonces

src/ecdsa_impl.h

@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ static int secp256k1_der_read_len(const unsigned char **sigp, const unsigned cha
         return -1;
     }
     if ((size_t)lenleft > sizeof(size_t)) {
-        /* The resulthing length would exceed the range of a size_t, so
-           certainly longer than the passed array size. */
+        /* The resulting length would exceed the range of a size_t, so
+         * certainly longer than the passed array size.
+         */
         return -1;
     }
     while (lenleft > 0) {
@@ -267,13 +268,17 @@ static int secp256k1_ecdsa_sig_sign(const secp256k1_ecmult_gen_context *ctx, sec
     secp256k1_fe_get_b32(b, &r.x);
     secp256k1_scalar_set_b32(sigr, b, &overflow);
     if (secp256k1_scalar_is_zero(sigr)) {
-        /* P.x = order is on the curve, so technically sig->r could end up zero, which would be an invalid signature. */
-        /* This branch is cryptographically unreachable as hitting it requires finding the discrete log of P.x = N. */
+        /* P.x = order is on the curve, so technically sig->r could end up zero, which would be an invalid signature.
+         * This branch is cryptographically unreachable as hitting it requires finding the discrete log of P.x = N.
+         */
         secp256k1_gej_clear(&rp);
         secp256k1_ge_clear(&r);
         return 0;
     }
     if (recid) {
+        /* The overflow condition is cryptographically unreachable as hitting it requires finding the discrete log
+         * of some P where P.x >= order, and only 1 in about 2^127 points meet this criteria.
+         */
         *recid = (overflow ? 2 : 0) | (secp256k1_fe_is_odd(&r.y) ? 1 : 0);
     }
     secp256k1_scalar_mul(&n, sigr, seckey);

src/field.h

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 /** Field element module.
  *
  *  Field elements can be represented in several ways, but code accessing
- *  it (and implementations) need to take certain properaties into account:
+ *  it (and implementations) need to take certain properties into account:
  *  - Each field element can be normalized or not.
  *  - Each field element has a magnitude, which represents how far away
  *    its representation is away from normalization. Normalized elements

src/tests.c

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void scalar_test(void) {
     }
 
     {
-        /* Test that multipying the scalars is equal to multiplying their numbers modulo the order. */
+        /* Test that multiplying the scalars is equal to multiplying their numbers modulo the order. */
         secp256k1_scalar r;
         secp256k1_num r2num;
         secp256k1_num rnum;
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ void run_scalar_tests(void) {
 
     {
         /* Static test vectors.
-         * These were reduced from ~10^12 random vectors based on comparision-decision
+         * These were reduced from ~10^12 random vectors based on comparison-decision
          *  and edge-case coverage on 32-bit and 64-bit implementations.
          * The responses were generated with Sage 5.9.
          */
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ void test_ge(void) {
     /* Points: (infinity, p1, p1, -p1, -p1, p2, p2, -p2, -p2, p3, p3, -p3, -p3, p4, p4, -p4, -p4).
      * The second in each pair of identical points uses a random Z coordinate in the Jacobian form.
      * All magnitudes are randomized.
-     * All 17*17 combinations of points are added to eachother, using all applicable methods.
+     * All 17*17 combinations of points are added to each other, using all applicable methods.
      *
      * When the endomorphism code is compiled in, p5 = lambda*p1 and p6 = lambda^2*p1 are added as well.
      */
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ void run_ecmult_constants(void) {
 }
 
 void test_ecmult_gen_blind(void) {
-    /* Test ecmult_gen() blinding and confirm that the blinding changes, the affline points match, and the z's don't match. */
+    /* Test ecmult_gen() blinding and confirm that the blinding changes, the affine points match, and the z's don't match. */
     secp256k1_scalar key;
     secp256k1_scalar b;
     unsigned char seed32[32];
@@ -3139,7 +3139,7 @@ static int nonce_function_test_retry(unsigned char *nonce32, const unsigned char
        }
        return 1;
    }
-   /* Retry rate of 6979 is negligible esp. as we only call this in determinstic tests. */
+   /* Retry rate of 6979 is negligible esp. as we only call this in deterministic tests. */
    /* If someone does fine a case where it retries for secp256k1, we'd like to know. */
    if (counter > 5) {
        return 0;
@@ -3966,7 +3966,7 @@ void test_ecdsa_edge_cases(void) {
         CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(ctx, &sig2, msg, key, nonce_function_rfc6979, extra) == 1);
         CHECK(!is_empty_signature(&sig2));
         CHECK(memcmp(&sig, &sig2, sizeof(sig)) == 0);
-        /* The default nonce function is determinstic. */
+        /* The default nonce function is deterministic. */
         CHECK(secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(ctx, &sig2, msg, key, NULL, extra) == 1);
         CHECK(!is_empty_signature(&sig2));
         CHECK(memcmp(&sig, &sig2, sizeof(sig)) == 0);
@@ -3998,7 +3998,7 @@ void test_ecdsa_edge_cases(void) {
     }
 
     {
-        /* Check that optional nonce arguments do not have equivilent effect. */
+        /* Check that optional nonce arguments do not have equivalent effect. */
         const unsigned char zeros[32] = {0};
         unsigned char nonce[32];
         unsigned char nonce2[32];