[Python-checkins] bpo-32923: Unittest doc: replace `whilst` with `while` (GH-5833)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8a7f1f4b0ffddf230864ebf16b481546970dd9c2
commit: 8a7f1f4b0ffddf230864ebf16b481546970dd9c2
branch: 2.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-02-23T10:16:56-08:00
summary:

bpo-32923: Unittest doc: replace `whilst` with `while` (GH-5833)


`whilst` and `while` are both english words, `whilst` is not as commonly used.
This can be confusing to readers whose primary language is not english.
(cherry picked from commit 98f42aac23f3863973cb6e9964c5212cfd3a1d98)

Co-authored-by: Mariatta <Mariatta at users.noreply.github.com>

files:
M Doc/library/unittest.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 15765f5ed588..b36126e1cc65 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ handling functionality within test frameworks.
 
    When called without arguments this function removes the control-c handler
    if it has been installed. This function can also be used as a test decorator
-   to temporarily remove the handler whilst the test is being executed::
+   to temporarily remove the handler while the test is being executed::
 
       @unittest.removeHandler
       def test_signal_handling(self):



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