accounts/abi: improve documentation and names (#21540)

* accounts: abi/bid/backends; cleaned doc errors, camelCase refactors and anonymous variable assignments

* acounts/abi/bind: doc errors, anonymous parameter assignments

* accounts/abi: doc edits, camelCase refactors

* accounts/abi/bind: review fix

* reverted name changes

* name revert

Co-authored-by: Osoro Bironga <osoro@doctaroo.com>

Author: muse254

accounts/abi/abi.go

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (abi ABI) Pack(name string, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	return append(method.ID, arguments...), nil
 }
 
-// Unpack output in v according to the abi specification
+// Unpack output in v according to the abi specification.
 func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, data []byte) (err error) {
 	// since there can't be naming collisions with contracts and events,
 	// we need to decide whether we're calling a method or an event
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, data []byte) (err error) {
 	return fmt.Errorf("abi: could not locate named method or event")
 }
 
-// UnpackIntoMap unpacks a log into the provided map[string]interface{}
+// UnpackIntoMap unpacks a log into the provided map[string]interface{}.
 func (abi ABI) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, name string, data []byte) (err error) {
 	// since there can't be naming collisions with contracts and events,
 	// we need to decide whether we're calling a method or an event
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (abi ABI) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, name string, data []byte)
 	return fmt.Errorf("abi: could not locate named method or event")
 }
 
-// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler interface
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler interface.
 func (abi *ABI) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var fields []struct {
 		Type    string
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ func (abi *ABI) overloadedEventName(rawName string) string {
 	return name
 }
 
-// MethodById looks up a method by the 4-byte id
-// returns nil if none found
+// MethodById looks up a method by the 4-byte id,
+// returns nil if none found.
 func (abi *ABI) MethodById(sigdata []byte) (*Method, error) {
 	if len(sigdata) < 4 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("data too short (%d bytes) for abi method lookup", len(sigdata))

accounts/abi/abi_test.go

@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ func TestDoubleDuplicateEventNames(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestUnnamedEventParam checks that an event with unnamed parameters is
-// correctly handled
+// correctly handled.
 // The test runs the abi of the following contract.
 // 	contract TestEvent {
 //		event send(uint256, uint256);

accounts/abi/argument.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type ArgumentMarshaling struct {
 	Indexed      bool
 }
 
-// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler interface
+// UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler interface.
 func (argument *Argument) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var arg ArgumentMarshaling
 	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &arg)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (argument *Argument) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// NonIndexed returns the arguments with indexed arguments filtered out
+// NonIndexed returns the arguments with indexed arguments filtered out.
 func (arguments Arguments) NonIndexed() Arguments {
 	var ret []Argument
 	for _, arg := range arguments {
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ func (arguments Arguments) NonIndexed() Arguments {
 	return ret
 }
 
-// isTuple returns true for non-atomic constructs, like (uint,uint) or uint[]
+// isTuple returns true for non-atomic constructs, like (uint,uint) or uint[].
 func (arguments Arguments) isTuple() bool {
 	return len(arguments) > 1
 }
 
-// Unpack performs the operation hexdata -> Go format
+// Unpack performs the operation hexdata -> Go format.
 func (arguments Arguments) Unpack(v interface{}, data []byte) error {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		if len(arguments) != 0 {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (arguments Arguments) Unpack(v interface{}, data []byte) error {
 	return arguments.unpackAtomic(v, marshalledValues[0])
 }
 
-// UnpackIntoMap performs the operation hexdata -> mapping of argument name to argument value
+// UnpackIntoMap performs the operation hexdata -> mapping of argument name to argument value.
 func (arguments Arguments) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, data []byte) error {
 	// Make sure map is not nil
 	if v == nil {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (arguments Arguments) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, data []byte)
 	return nil
 }
 
-// unpackAtomic unpacks ( hexdata -> go ) a single value
+// unpackAtomic unpacks ( hexdata -> go ) a single value.
 func (arguments Arguments) unpackAtomic(v interface{}, marshalledValues interface{}) error {
 	dst := reflect.ValueOf(v).Elem()
 	src := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValues)
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ func (arguments Arguments) UnpackValues(data []byte) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	return retval, nil
 }
 
-// PackValues performs the operation Go format -> Hexdata
-// It is the semantic opposite of UnpackValues
+// PackValues performs the operation Go format -> Hexdata.
+// It is the semantic opposite of UnpackValues.
 func (arguments Arguments) PackValues(args []interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	return arguments.Pack(args...)
 }
 
-// Pack performs the operation Go format -> Hexdata
+// Pack performs the operation Go format -> Hexdata.
 func (arguments Arguments) Pack(args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Make sure arguments match up and pack them
 	abiArgs := arguments

accounts/abi/bind/auth.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewTransactor(keyin io.Reader, passphrase string) (*TransactOpts, error) {
 }
 
 // NewKeyStoreTransactor is a utility method to easily create a transaction signer from
-// an decrypted key from a keystore
+// a decrypted key from a keystore.
 func NewKeyStoreTransactor(keystore *keystore.KeyStore, account accounts.Account) (*TransactOpts, error) {
 	return &TransactOpts{
 		From: account.Address,

accounts/abi/bind/backend.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 	ErrNoCodeAfterDeploy = errors.New("no contract code after deployment")
 )
 
-// ContractCaller defines the methods needed to allow operating with contract on a read
+// ContractCaller defines the methods needed to allow operating with a contract on a read
 // only basis.
 type ContractCaller interface {
 	// CodeAt returns the code of the given account. This is needed to differentiate
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ type PendingContractCaller interface {
 	PendingCallContract(ctx context.Context, call ethereum.CallMsg) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
-// ContractTransactor defines the methods needed to allow operating with contract
-// on a write only basis. Beside the transacting method, the remainder are helpers
+// ContractTransactor defines the methods needed to allow operating with a contract
+// on a write only basis. Besides the transacting method, the remainder are helpers
 // used when the user does not provide some needed values, but rather leaves it up
 // to the transactor to decide.
 type ContractTransactor interface {

accounts/abi/bind/base.go

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (c *BoundContract) Transact(opts *TransactOpts, method string, params ...in
 }
 
 // RawTransact initiates a transaction with the given raw calldata as the input.
-// It's usually used to initiates transaction for invoking **Fallback** function.
+// It's usually used to initiate transactions for invoking **Fallback** function.
 func (c *BoundContract) RawTransact(opts *TransactOpts, calldata []byte) (*types.Transaction, error) {
 	// todo(rjl493456442) check the method is payable or not,
 	// reject invalid transaction at the first place

accounts/abi/bind/bind.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func Bind(types []string, abis []string, bytecodes []string, fsigs []map[string]
 		// contracts is the map of each individual contract requested binding
 		contracts = make(map[string]*tmplContract)
 
-		// structs is the map of all reclared structs shared by passed contracts.
+		// structs is the map of all redeclared structs shared by passed contracts.
 		structs = make(map[string]*tmplStruct)
 
 		// isLib is the map used to flag each encountered library as such
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ func Bind(types []string, abis []string, bytecodes []string, fsigs []map[string]
 			fallback  *tmplMethod
 			receive   *tmplMethod
 
-			// identifiers are used to detect duplicated identifier of function
-			// and event. For all calls, transacts and events, abigen will generate
+			// identifiers are used to detect duplicated identifiers of functions
+			// and events. For all calls, transacts and events, abigen will generate
 			// corresponding bindings. However we have to ensure there is no
-			// identifier coliision in the bindings of these categories.
+			// identifier collisions in the bindings of these categories.
 			callIdentifiers     = make(map[string]bool)
 			transactIdentifiers = make(map[string]bool)
 			eventIdentifiers    = make(map[string]bool)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ var bindType = map[Lang]func(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) stri
 	LangJava: bindTypeJava,
 }
 
-// bindBasicTypeGo converts basic solidity types(except array, slice and tuple) to Go one.
+// bindBasicTypeGo converts basic solidity types(except array, slice and tuple) to Go ones.
 func bindBasicTypeGo(kind abi.Type) string {
 	switch kind.T {
 	case abi.AddressTy:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func bindTypeGo(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 	}
 }
 
-// bindBasicTypeJava converts basic solidity types(except array, slice and tuple) to Java one.
+// bindBasicTypeJava converts basic solidity types(except array, slice and tuple) to Java ones.
 func bindBasicTypeJava(kind abi.Type) string {
 	switch kind.T {
 	case abi.AddressTy:
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func bindBasicTypeJava(kind abi.Type) string {
 }
 
 // pluralizeJavaType explicitly converts multidimensional types to predefined
-// type in go side.
+// types in go side.
 func pluralizeJavaType(typ string) string {
 	switch typ {
 	case "boolean":
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ var bindTopicType = map[Lang]func(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct)
 }
 
 // bindTopicTypeGo converts a Solidity topic type to a Go one. It is almost the same
-// funcionality as for simple types, but dynamic types get converted to hashes.
+// functionality as for simple types, but dynamic types get converted to hashes.
 func bindTopicTypeGo(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 	bound := bindTypeGo(kind, structs)
 
@@ -386,15 +386,15 @@ func bindTopicTypeGo(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 }
 
 // bindTopicTypeJava converts a Solidity topic type to a Java one. It is almost the same
-// funcionality as for simple types, but dynamic types get converted to hashes.
+// functionality as for simple types, but dynamic types get converted to hashes.
 func bindTopicTypeJava(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 	bound := bindTypeJava(kind, structs)
 
 	// todo(rjl493456442) according solidity documentation, indexed event
 	// parameters that are not value types i.e. arrays and structs are not
 	// stored directly but instead a keccak256-hash of an encoding is stored.
 	//
-	// We only convert stringS and bytes to hash, still need to deal with
+	// We only convert strings and bytes to hash, still need to deal with
 	// array(both fixed-size and dynamic-size) and struct.
 	if bound == "String" || bound == "byte[]" {
 		bound = "Hash"
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ var bindStructType = map[Lang]func(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct
 func bindStructTypeGo(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 	switch kind.T {
 	case abi.TupleTy:
-		// We compose raw struct name and canonical parameter expression
+		// We compose a raw struct name and a canonical parameter expression
 		// together here. The reason is before solidity v0.5.11, kind.TupleRawName
 		// is empty, so we use canonical parameter expression to distinguish
 		// different struct definition. From the consideration of backward
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func bindStructTypeGo(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 func bindStructTypeJava(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 	switch kind.T {
 	case abi.TupleTy:
-		// We compose raw struct name and canonical parameter expression
+		// We compose a raw struct name and a canonical parameter expression
 		// together here. The reason is before solidity v0.5.11, kind.TupleRawName
 		// is empty, so we use canonical parameter expression to distinguish
 		// different struct definition. From the consideration of backward
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func bindStructTypeJava(kind abi.Type, structs map[string]*tmplStruct) string {
 }
 
 // namedType is a set of functions that transform language specific types to
-// named versions that my be used inside method names.
+// named versions that may be used inside method names.
 var namedType = map[Lang]func(string, abi.Type) string{
 	LangGo:   func(string, abi.Type) string { panic("this shouldn't be needed") },
 	LangJava: namedTypeJava,
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ func alias(aliases map[string]string, n string) string {
 }
 
 // methodNormalizer is a name transformer that modifies Solidity method names to
-// conform to target language naming concentions.
+// conform to target language naming conventions.
 var methodNormalizer = map[Lang]func(string) string{
 	LangGo:   abi.ToCamelCase,
 	LangJava: decapitalise,

accounts/abi/bind/template.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type tmplData struct {
 type tmplContract struct {
 	Type        string                 // Type name of the main contract binding
 	InputABI    string                 // JSON ABI used as the input to generate the binding from
-	InputBin    string                 // Optional EVM bytecode used to denetare deploy code from
+	InputBin    string                 // Optional EVM bytecode used to generate deploy code from
 	FuncSigs    map[string]string      // Optional map: string signature -> 4-byte signature
 	Constructor abi.Method             // Contract constructor for deploy parametrization
 	Calls       map[string]*tmplMethod // Contract calls that only read state data
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ type tmplMethod struct {
 	Structured bool       // Whether the returns should be accumulated into a struct
 }
 
-// tmplEvent is a wrapper around an a
+// tmplEvent is a wrapper around an abi.Event that contains a few preprocessed
+// and cached data fields.
 type tmplEvent struct {
 	Original   abi.Event // Original event as parsed by the abi package
 	Normalized abi.Event // Normalized version of the parsed fields
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ type tmplField struct {
 	SolKind abi.Type // Raw abi type information
 }
 
-// tmplStruct is a wrapper around an abi.tuple contains an auto-generated
+// tmplStruct is a wrapper around an abi.tuple and contains an auto-generated
 // struct name.
 type tmplStruct struct {
 	Name   string       // Auto-generated struct name(before solidity v0.5.11) or raw name.
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ var tmplSource = map[Lang]string{
 	LangJava: tmplSourceJava,
 }
 
-// tmplSourceGo is the Go source template use to generate the contract binding
-// based on.
+// tmplSourceGo is the Go source template that the generated Go contract binding
+// is based on.
 const tmplSourceGo = `
 // Code generated - DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file is a generated binding and any manual changes will be lost.
@@ -543,8 +544,8 @@ var (
 {{end}}
 `
 
-// tmplSourceJava is the Java source template use to generate the contract binding
-// based on.
+// tmplSourceJava is the Java source template that the generated Java contract binding
+// is based on.
 const tmplSourceJava = `
 // This file is an automatically generated Java binding. Do not modify as any
 // change will likely be lost upon the next re-generation!

accounts/abi/event.go

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Event struct {
 	// the raw name and a suffix will be added in the case of a event overload.
 	//
 	// e.g.
-	// There are two events have same name:
+	// These are two events that have the same name:
 	// * foo(int,int)
 	// * foo(uint,uint)
 	// The event name of the first one wll be resolved as foo while the second one

accounts/abi/event_test.go

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func TestEventUnpackIndexed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, uint8(8), rst.Value2)
 }
 
-// TestEventIndexedWithArrayUnpack verifies that decoder will not overlow when static array is indexed input.
+// TestEventIndexedWithArrayUnpack verifies that decoder will not overflow when static array is indexed input.
 func TestEventIndexedWithArrayUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 	definition := `[{"name": "test", "type": "event", "inputs": [{"indexed": true, "name":"value1", "type":"uint8[2]"},{"indexed": false, "name":"value2", "type":"string"}]}]`
 	type testStruct struct {