behaviour -> behavior when not about OTP behaviours (#13240)

Author: sabiwara

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/code.ex

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ defmodule Code do
   Utilities for managing code compilation, code evaluation, and code loading.
 
   This module complements Erlang's [`:code` module](`:code`)
-  to add behaviour which is specific to Elixir. For functions to
+  to add behavior which is specific to Elixir. For functions to
   manipulate Elixir's AST (rather than evaluating it), see the
   `Macro` module.
 
   ## Working with files
 
   This module contains three functions for compiling and evaluating files.
-  Here is a summary of them and their behaviour:
+  Here is a summary of them and their behavior:
 
     * `require_file/2` - compiles a file and tracks its name. It does not
       compile the file again if it has been previously required.
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ defmodule Code do
   specially because a function is named `defmodule`, `def`, or the like. This
   principle mirrors Elixir's goal of being an extensible language where
   developers can extend the language with new constructs as if they were
-  part of the language. When it is absolutely necessary to change behaviour
-  based on the name, this behaviour should be configurable, such as the
+  part of the language. When it is absolutely necessary to change behavior
+  based on the name, this behavior should be configurable, such as the
   `:locals_without_parens` option.
 
   ## Running the formatter
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ defmodule Code do
     * Newlines before certain operators (such as the pipeline operators)
       and before other operators (such as comparison operators)
 
-  The behaviours above are not guaranteed. We may remove or add new
+  The behaviors above are not guaranteed. We may remove or add new
   rules in the future. The goal of documenting them is to provide better
   understanding on what to expect from the formatter.
 
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ defmodule Code do
 
     * `:static_atoms_encoder` - the static atom encoder function, see
       "The `:static_atoms_encoder` function" section below. Note this
-      option overrides the `:existing_atoms_only` behaviour for static
+      option overrides the `:existing_atoms_only` behavior for static
       atoms but `:existing_atoms_only` is still used for dynamic atoms,
       such as atoms with interpolations.
 
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ defmodule Code do
       error. You may be set it to `:warn` if you want undefined variables to
       emit a warning and expand as to a local call to the zero-arity function
       of the same name (for example, `node` would be expanded as `node()`).
-      This `:warn` behaviour only exists for compatibility reasons when working
+      This `:warn` behavior only exists for compatibility reasons when working
       with old dependencies.
 
   It always returns `:ok`. Raises an error for invalid options.
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ defmodule Code do
   @doc """
   Returns `true` if the module is loaded.
 
-  This function doesn't attempt to load the module. For such behaviour,
+  This function doesn't attempt to load the module. For such behavior,
   `ensure_loaded?/1` can be used.
 
   ## Examples

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/collectable.ex

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ end
 
 defimpl Collectable, for: List do
   def into(list) do
-    # TODO: Change the behaviour so the into always comes last on Elixir v2.0
+    # TODO: Change the behavior so the into always comes last on Elixir v2.0
     if list != [] do
       IO.warn(
-        "the Collectable protocol is deprecated for non-empty lists. The behaviour of " <>
+        "the Collectable protocol is deprecated for non-empty lists. The behavior of " <>
           "Enum.into/2 and \"for\" comprehensions with an :into option is incorrect " <>
           "when collecting into non-empty lists. If you're collecting into a non-empty keyword " <>
           "list, consider using Keyword.merge/2 instead. If you're collecting into a non-empty " <>

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/config/provider.ex

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ defmodule Config.Provider do
            """
            the application #{inspect(app)} has a different value set #{path(key, path)} \
            during runtime compared to compile time. Since this application environment entry was \
-           marked as compile time, this difference can lead to different behaviour than expected:
+           marked as compile time, this difference can lead to different behavior than expected:
 
              * Compile time value #{return_to_text(compile_return)}
              * Runtime value #{return_to_text(runtime_return)}

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex

@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ defmodule Enum do
   After all, if we want to traverse every element on a list, the longer the
   list, the more elements we need to traverse, and the longer it will take.
 
-  This linear behaviour should also be expected on operations like `count/1`,
+  This linear behavior should also be expected on operations like `count/1`,
   `member?/2`, `at/2` and similar. While Elixir does allow data types to
   provide performant variants for such operations, you should not expect it
   to always be available, since the `Enum` module is meant to work with a
   large variety of data types and not all data types can provide optimized
-  behaviour.
+  behavior.
 
   Finally, note the functions in the `Enum` module are eager: they will
   traverse the enumerable as soon as they are invoked. This is particularly
@@ -4020,7 +4020,7 @@ defmodule Enum do
   @doc """
   Reduces over two enumerables halting as soon as either enumerable is empty.
 
-  In practice, the behaviour provided by this function can be achieved with:
+  In practice, the behavior provided by this function can be achieved with:
 
       Enum.reduce(Stream.zip(left, right), acc, reducer)
 
@@ -4054,7 +4054,7 @@ defmodule Enum do
   The reducer will receive 2 args: a list of elements (one from each enum) and the
   accumulator.
 
-  In practice, the behaviour provided by this function can be achieved with:
+  In practice, the behavior provided by this function can be achieved with:
 
       Enum.reduce(Stream.zip(enums), acc, reducer)
 

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/file.ex

@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ defmodule File do
 
   Note: The command `mv` in Unix-like systems behaves differently depending on
   whether `source` is a file and the `destination` is an existing directory.
-  We have chosen to explicitly disallow this behaviour.
+  We have chosen to explicitly disallow this behavior.
 
   ## Examples
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ defmodule File do
       The function receives arguments for `source_file` and `destination_file`. It should
       return `true` if the existing file should be overwritten, `false` if otherwise.
       The default callback returns `true`. On earlier versions, this callback could be
-      given as third argument, but such behaviour is now deprecated.
+      given as third argument, but such behavior is now deprecated.
 
   """
   @spec cp(Path.t(), Path.t(), on_conflict: on_conflict_callback) :: :ok | {:error, posix}
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ defmodule File do
 
   Note: The command `cp` in Unix-like systems behaves differently depending on
   whether `destination` is an existing directory or not. We have chosen to
-  explicitly disallow this behaviour. If `source` is a `file` and `destination`
+  explicitly disallow this behavior. If `source` is a `file` and `destination`
   is a directory, `{:error, :eisdir}` will be returned.
 
   ## Options
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ defmodule File do
       The function receives arguments for `source` and `destination`. It should return
       `true` if the existing file should be overwritten, `false` if otherwise. The default
       callback returns `true`. On earlier versions, this callback could be given as third
-      argument, but such behaviour is now deprecated.
+      argument, but such behavior is now deprecated.
 
     * `:dereference_symlinks` - (since v1.14.0) By default, this function will copy symlinks
       by creating symlinks that point to the same location. This option forces symlinks to be

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/float.ex

@@ -210,15 +210,15 @@ defmodule Float do
 
   ## Known issues
 
-  The behaviour of `floor/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
+  The behavior of `floor/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
 
       iex> Float.floor(12.52, 2)
       12.51
 
   One may have expected it to floor to 12.52. This is not a bug.
   Most decimal fractions cannot be represented as a binary floating point
   and therefore the number above is internally represented as 12.51999999,
-  which explains the behaviour above.
+  which explains the behavior above.
 
   ## Examples
 
@@ -254,15 +254,15 @@ defmodule Float do
   The operation is performed on the binary floating point, without a
   conversion to decimal.
 
-  The behaviour of `ceil/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
+  The behavior of `ceil/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
 
       iex> Float.ceil(-12.52, 2)
       -12.51
 
   One may have expected it to ceil to -12.52. This is not a bug.
   Most decimal fractions cannot be represented as a binary floating point
   and therefore the number above is internally represented as -12.51999999,
-  which explains the behaviour above.
+  which explains the behavior above.
 
   This function always returns floats. `Kernel.trunc/1` may be used instead to
   truncate the result to an integer afterwards.
@@ -305,16 +305,16 @@ defmodule Float do
 
   ## Known issues
 
-  The behaviour of `round/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
+  The behavior of `round/2` for floats can be surprising. For example:
 
       iex> Float.round(5.5675, 3)
       5.567
 
   One may have expected it to round to the half up 5.568. This is not a bug.
   Most decimal fractions cannot be represented as a binary floating point
   and therefore the number above is internally represented as 5.567499999,
-  which explains the behaviour above. If you want exact rounding for decimals,
-  you must use a decimal library. The behaviour above is also in accordance
+  which explains the behavior above. If you want exact rounding for decimals,
+  you must use a decimal library. The behavior above is also in accordance
   to reference implementations, such as "Correctly Rounded Binary-Decimal and
   Decimal-Binary Conversions" by David M. Gay.
 

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/io/ansi.ex

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ defmodule IO.ANSI do
   The named sequences are represented by atoms.
 
   It will also append an `IO.ANSI.reset/0` to the chardata when a conversion is
-  performed. If you don't want this behaviour, use `format_fragment/2`.
+  performed. If you don't want this behavior, use `format_fragment/2`.
 
   An optional boolean parameter can be passed to enable or disable
   emitting actual ANSI codes. When `false`, no ANSI codes will be emitted.

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ defmodule Kernel do
   ### Supporting documents
 
   Under the "Pages" section in sidebar you will find tutorials, guides,
-  and reference documents that outline Elixir semantics and behaviours
+  and reference documents that outline Elixir semantics and behaviors
   in more detail. Those are:
 
     * [Compatibility and deprecations](compatibility-and-deprecations.md) - lists
@@ -548,10 +548,10 @@ defmodule Kernel do
     * `exit({:shutdown, term})`
 
   Exiting with any other reason is considered abnormal and treated
-  as a crash. This means the default supervisor behaviour kicks in,
+  as a crash. This means the default supervisor behavior kicks in,
   error reports are emitted, and so forth.
 
-  This behaviour is relied on in many different places. For example,
+  This behavior is relied on in many different places. For example,
   `ExUnit` uses `exit(:shutdown)` when exiting the test process to
   signal linked processes, supervision trees and so on to politely
   shut down too.
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ defmodule Kernel do
   Keys in the `Enumerable` that don't exist in the struct are automatically
   discarded. Note that keys must be atoms, as only atoms are allowed when
   defining a struct. If there are duplicate keys in the `Enumerable`, the last
-  entry will be taken (same behaviour as `Map.new/1`).
+  entry will be taken (same behavior as `Map.new/1`).
 
   This function is useful for dynamically creating and updating structs, as
   well as for converting maps to structs; in the latter case, just inserting
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ defmodule Kernel do
   @doc """
   Similar to `struct/2` but checks for key validity.
 
-  The function `struct!/2` emulates the compile time behaviour
+  The function `struct!/2` emulates the compile time behavior
   of structs. This means that:
 
     * when building a struct, as in `struct!(SomeStruct, key: :value)`,
@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@ defmodule Kernel do
 
   The pin operator will check if the values are equal, using `===/2`, while
   patterns have their own rules when matching maps, lists, and so forth.
-  Such behaviour is not specific to `match?/2`. The following code also
+  Such behavior is not specific to `match?/2`. The following code also
   throws an exception:
 
       attrs = %{x: 1}
@@ -3928,7 +3928,7 @@ defmodule Kernel do
   one element, which is the number itself.
 
   If first is more than last, the range will be decreasing from first
-  to last, albeit this behaviour is deprecated. Instead prefer to
+  to last, albeit this behavior is deprecated. Instead prefer to
   explicitly list the step with `first..last//-1`.
 
   See the `Range` module for more information.

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/kernel/special_forms.ex

@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
   Elixir won't emit any warnings though, since the alias
   was not explicitly defined.
 
-  Both warning behaviours could be changed by explicitly
+  Both warning behaviors could be changed by explicitly
   setting the `:warn` option to `true` or `false`.
 
   """
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
   Elixir won't emit any warnings though, since the import
   was not explicitly defined.
 
-  Both warning behaviours could be changed by explicitly
+  Both warning behaviors could be changed by explicitly
   setting the `:warn` option to `true` or `false`.
 
   ## Ambiguous function/macro names
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
   At first, there is nothing in this example that actually reveals it is a
   macro. But what is happening is that, at compilation time, `squared(5)`
   becomes `5 * 5`. The argument `5` is duplicated in the produced code, we
-  can see this behaviour in practice though because our macro actually has
+  can see this behavior in practice though because our macro actually has
   a bug:
 
       import Math
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
       my_number.() * my_number.()
 
   Which invokes the function twice, explaining why we get the printed value
-  twice! In the majority of the cases, this is actually unexpected behaviour,
+  twice! In the majority of the cases, this is actually unexpected behavior,
   and that's why one of the first things you need to keep in mind when it
   comes to macros is to **not unquote the same value more than once**.
 
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
       [elixir: :prolog]
 
   Given the grandparents of Erlang and Prolog were nil, those values were
-  filtered out. If you don't want this behaviour, a simple option is to
+  filtered out. If you don't want this behavior, a simple option is to
   move the filter inside the do-block:
 
       iex> languages = [elixir: :erlang, erlang: :prolog, prolog: nil]
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
 
   *Available since Elixir v1.8*.
 
-  While the `:into` option allows us to customize the comprehension behaviour
+  While the `:into` option allows us to customize the comprehension behavior
   to a given data type, such as putting all of the values inside a map or inside
   a binary, it is not always enough.
 
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ defmodule Kernel.SpecialForms do
       iex> width
       nil
 
-  The behaviour of any expression in a clause is the same as if it was
+  The behavior of any expression in a clause is the same as if it was
   written outside of `with`. For example, `=` will raise a `MatchError`
   instead of returning the non-matched value:
 

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/list.ex

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ defmodule List do
   charlists in IEx when you encounter them, which shows you the type, description
   and also the raw representation in one single summary.
 
-  The rationale behind this behaviour is to better support
+  The rationale behind this behavior is to better support
   Erlang libraries which may return text as charlists
   instead of Elixir strings. In Erlang, charlists are the default
   way of handling strings, while in Elixir it's binaries. One

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/module/types/helpers.ex

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ defmodule Module.Types.Helpers do
         #{hint()} all expressions given to binaries are assumed to be of type \
         integer() unless said otherwise. For example, <<expr>> assumes "expr" \
         is an integer. Pass a modifier, such as <<expr::float>> or <<expr::binary>>, \
-        to change the default behaviour.
+        to change the default behavior.
         """
     end)
   end

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/path.ex

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ defmodule Path do
       Path.relative("/bar/foo.ex")      #=> "bar/foo.ex"
 
   """
-  # Note this function does not expand paths because the behaviour
+  # Note this function does not expand paths because the behavior
   # is ambiguous. If we expand it before converting to relative, then
   # "/usr/../../foo" means "/foo". If we expand it after, it means "../foo".
   # We could expand only relative paths but it is best to say it never

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/process.ex

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ defmodule Process do
   @doc """
   Sends an exit signal with the given `reason` to `pid`.
 
-  The following behaviour applies if `reason` is any term except `:normal`
+  The following behavior applies if `reason` is any term except `:normal`
   or `:kill`:
 
     1. If `pid` is not trapping exits, `pid` will exit with the given
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ defmodule Process do
   exits with a reason other than `:normal` (which is also the exit reason used
   when a process finishes its job) and `pid1` is not trapping exits (see
   `flag/2`), then `pid1` will exit with the same reason as `pid2` and in turn
-  emit an exit signal to all its other linked processes. The behaviour when
+  emit an exit signal to all its other linked processes. The behavior when
   `pid1` is trapping exits is described in `exit/2`.
 
   See `:erlang.link/1` for more information.

Diff for: lib/elixir/lib/protocol.ex

@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ defmodule Protocol do
   Although the implementation above is arguably not a reasonable
   one. For example, it makes no sense to say a PID or an integer
   have a size of `0`. That's one of the reasons why `@fallback_to_any`
-  is an opt-in behaviour. For the majority of protocols, raising
-  an error when a protocol is not implemented is the proper behaviour.
+  is an opt-in behavior. For the majority of protocols, raising
+  an error when a protocol is not implemented is the proper behavior.
 
   ## Multiple implementations